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European stocks had their best quarter in five years: Here are the biggest movers
July 1st, 2020
The Euro Stoxx 600 on Tuesday closed out its best quarter since March 2015, having climbed 12.59% since the beginning of April. Even after that rally, the pan-European blue chip index still closed down 13.35% on the year and ...
Wirecard files for insolvency after ex-CEO arrested in $2 billion scandal
June 25th, 2020
Wirecard has filed for insolvency, just days after a $2 billion accounting scandal at the company burst into the open, crashing its stock and leading to the arrest of its former chief executive. The digital payments company said in ...
European shares were moving higher on Tuesday
June 23rd, 2020
European shares were moving higher on Tuesday even as a number of states in the U.S. continued to report a rise in new virus cases and hospitalizations. Meanwhile, a closely-watched measure of economic activity pointed to a continued rebound ...
The crisis goes up a gear
June 22nd, 2020
Dollar-denominated financial markets appeared to suffer a dramatic change on or about the 23 March. This article examines the possibility that it marks the beginning of the end for the Fed’s dollar. At this stage of an evolving economic ...
The dollar slipped on Monday; The Australian dollar led modest gains in Asia
June 22nd, 2020
The dollar slipped on Monday in a choppy session as investors tried to navigate their way through an unsettling rise in coronavirus infections and weigh whether it would delay an economic recovery. The Australian dollar led modest gains in ...
EU: Oil deliveries declined; The countries with the largest quantity decreases
June 18th, 2020
EU Member States have taken restrictive measures to slow down the spread of COVID-19 that have had an impact on the use of fuels for transport, such as limitations in international air traffic and people’s movements. These measures, which ...
Euro to Pound Sterling exchange rate slips
June 18th, 2020
While the Euro (EUR) outlook remains fairly appealing, the Euro to Pound Sterling (EUR/GBP) exchange rate slipped again today. A lack of fresh support for the Euro in recent sessions, combined with a recovering US Dollar (USD), made it ...
European shares jumped on Tuesday
June 16th, 2020
European shares jumped on Tuesday as sentiment was lifted by the launch of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s corporate bond buying programme and concerns about a second wave of global coronavirus infections eased. The Fed is set to start purchasing ...
MMT —it’s just neo-Keynesian macroeconomics
June 12th, 2020
The doyenne of MMT, Stephanie Kelton, has published a book this week explaining modern monetary theory. This article examines the foundations of MMT which Kelton explained in an earlier video released last year. Introduction Macroeconomics has become so ...
European stocks fell sharply Thursday; The biggest movers
June 11th, 2020
European stocks fell sharply Thursday as investors digested the latest comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve and fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections. The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 2.9% by the afternoon, with autos plunging 5.5% as ...
