Fourth wave of infections in Europe. Mandatory vaccination.
German politicians are debating mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for citizens in light of rising infections and low inoculation rates. Members of Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc said Sunday that federal governments and should introduce mandatory vaccines soon, as well as other efforts to boost Germany’s low inoculation rate of just 68% have failed. “We have reached a […]
Tension in Rome between Boris and Macron. Interest rate week.
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies on Sunday agreed to a final statement calling for “meaningful and effective” measures to limit global warming, but offered few concrete commitments and disappointed climate activists. We expect a market opening with a significant impact on the market. On the one hand we have the conflict between […]
Projections for US Retail Sales
This Friday the data of the retail sales in the United States will be presented. Data that demonstrated the evolution in the growth rate of economic activity. The projections show that there will be a slight growth reaching 0.4% from the fall to 0.3% that it had last month. The data is expected to be […]
Crude recovers
This week oil prices have been boosted, returning to highs after almost two weeks of decline. However, since Wednesday, there have been losses in the price caused by two factors. On the one hand, there are concerns about the increase in COVID infections and the new variant throughout the world. These effects on the […]
European Union Summit This Friday
France and Germany will present their updated production data this week. The forecast is generally positive for production in both countries, however, the positive data may be overshadowed by a new closure of the economies. The low rate of vaccination added to their secondary effects may be the reason that Europe needs a new shutdown […]