by Ryan Littlestone | May 30th, 2018, 22:49:18 | News
Here’s some of the current chatter from our man on the ground in Italy, 5Magics On the commedia: Di Maio willing to start a government with Savona not as economy minister but in another role (not sure if this makes any sense but anyway) Mattarella seems...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 29th, 2018, 22:42:00 | News
Here’s why the market has gone whacko over Italy’s Paolo Savona, and why we should be prepared for a reversal in the Euro It’s looking increasingly likely that all the market fuss over proposed finance minister Savona has come from a complete witch...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 29th, 2018, 12:01:13 | News
There’s never a dull moment in Italian politics It’s almost traditional for Italian politics to become a complete mess and this situation is no different. There’s been lots of discussions in our live trading room on the subject so this post is an...
by Patrick Reid | May 29th, 2018, 07:28:05 | News
When I wake up each morning I ask myself what the market focused on. Nothing else matters. Nothing. Yesterday was it was OIL and today is Italy. So what are you going to do about it ? Look at yields and the growing effect on EURUSD – especially german debt...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 16th, 2018, 09:00:53 | Economic Data, Eurozone
April 2018 Eurozone HICP final data 16 May 2018 Flash 1.2%. March 1.3% 0.3% vs 0.3% exp m/m. Prior 1.0% Core 0.7% vs 0.7% exp y/y. Prior 0.7% 0.2% vs 0.2% exp m/m. Prior 1.4% All bang in line.