by Ryan Littlestone | January 17th, 2019, 08:51:50 | News
Politics is going to be an increasing risk factor this year The populist movement is on the rise again. Today, Italy’s League have reached out to the far-right Brothers of Italy party to join the government, and in Spain’s Andalusia, the far-right VOX...
by Ryan Littlestone | November 26th, 2018, 13:50:16 | News
The Italian budget saga is not the big market risk You could be forgiven for thinking that Italian budget issue is a big risk to the market but it’s not. There’s always an EU country facing budget issues, missing targets and receiving warnings. Italy is no...
by K-man | June 15th, 2018, 09:05:40 | Economic Data, Italy
Italian May 2018 CPI data on 15.06.2018 prior 1.1%, revised to 1.0 CPI MoM 0.3 % vs 0.4% exp, prior 0.4%, revised to 0.3% HICP YoY 1.0% vs 1.1% exp, prior 1.1%, revised to 1.0% HICP MoM 0.3 % vs 0.4% exp, prior 0.4%, revised to 0.3% Touch lower ove the line, no impact...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 6th, 2018, 08:18:05 | Economic Data, Eurozone, France, Germany, Italy, News
May 2018 Eurozone Markit retail PMI’s 06 June 2018 Eurozone 51.7 vs 48.6 prior Germany 55.5 vs 51.0 prior Italy 47.3 vs 42.7 prior France 50.7 vs 50.1 prior Yesterday’s retail sales report for April missed expectations. We flagged that possibility just...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 31st, 2018, 09:29:52 | News
Japan’s huge insurance company, Japan Post (Kampo) is loading back up on short-term Italian debt Kampo’s CIO has been out today saying they are reloading on Italian debt. Before the March elections they had sold some two thirds of their holdings and...
