European Government Bond Yields
12 Feb, by in Uncategorized
Most investors are familiar with the surge in bond yields in Europe’s ’peripheral’ countries....
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Vehicle Registrations: U.K. versus Europe
07 Jan, by in Uncategorized
Today’s release of statistics on car registrations in the U.K. continues a string of positive data releases. The cumulative total for 2013 (2.26 million) was the highest since 2007 (2.40 million) and up considerably from the low of just 1.94 million registrations in 2011....
European Producer Prices
25 Nov, by in Uncategorized
Today’s release of October producer price data by Spain revealed a dip into negative territory: Germany’ producer price data has been fluctuating around zero for much of the year so far, making a more definitive move downward beginning in August: Meanwhile, France and Italy are...
More Positive Data Out of the UK
17 Oct, by in Uncategorized
Today’s better than expected Retail Sales data follows a number of other positive releases:Will the improvements in employment, consumer confidence, house prices, and the Markit manufacturing survey be reflected in next week’s GDP release?Data for Q3 will be updated on Friday, October 25th:...
ZEW Survey
15 Oct, by in Uncategorized
In keeping with the familiar trend among European data releases, Germany appears to be the lone bright spot in an otherwise lackluster survey of economic sentiment:...
European Industrial Production
14 Oct, by in Uncategorized
In spite of a better than expected monthly rise in production (in August), industrial activity in the five largest European countries continues to contract on a yearly basis– with the exception of Germany:And the recent tick down in the PMI Manufacturing survey would not suggest...
BOE decision
10 Oct, by in Uncategorized
Without any decisive economic data to influence its actions one way or another, the BOE opted to maintain its benchmark rate and the level of its bond-buying program:...