On Monday, Germany greed to support joint EU debt in order to encounter the continent’s energy crisis. Last Tuesday, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton called for joint borrowing to finance the necessary response to the energy crisis in the Eurozone.German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, …
Read More »German Gas Commission Experts: First relief measure should be in place by end-2022
After 35 hours of consultations, the German Gas Committee on Monday presented its statement to the German government regarding its recommendations for the terms of the gas price support program in Germany. The committee’s statement addressed the following points: The cost of the proposed gas price support package is estimated …
Read More »German exports grow more than expected despite the global economic slowdown
Germany’s exports grew slightly more than expected in August, the German Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday, despite a slowing global economy, rising interest rates and a shortage of materials. Strong demand from the United States and China boosted German exports to 133.1 billion euros ($132.59 billion) in August, up …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 29/09/2022
The US dollar ended the day unevenly across the FX board, despite Wall Street resuming its decline and trimming all Wednesday’s gains. Treasury yields remained stable, with the 10-year note yielding 3.75% and the 2-year note 4.17%.Gold trades near its weekly high at the $1,664 level, while crude oil prices …
Read More »EUR/GBP has worst trading day since July
As the British Pound recovers further ground across the G10 currencies, the EUR/GBP pair is experiencing its worst trading day since 13 July. The pair dropped during the American session and hit the lowest level in almost a week at 0.8836. It is hovering around 0.8850, namely down by almost …
Read More »Germany: Annual CPI inflation jumps to 10% in September
As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), annual inflation in Germany climbed to 10% in September from 7.9% in August, Germany’s Destatis reported on Thursday. This reading came in higher than the market expectation of 9.4. Meanwhile, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) …
Read More »European factories to go dark on higher gas prices
The impact of Russia’s sudden block of natural gas taps to Europe has saturated manufacturers and businesses in fresh risks. Energy prices climbed so fast that some factory owners had to rewrite business forecasts six times in two months. Recently, some manufacturers have put a third of their employees on …
Read More »Germany’s August inflation slowed to 0.3%
Inflation in Germany slowed down in August to 0.3% versus 0.9% in July, in line with expectations, but on an annual basis, inflation rose to 7.9% in line with expectations, continuing above 7%. The main reason for the rise in inflation remains the high prices of energy and food products, …
Read More »Several factors contribute to soaring oil prices
The performance of oil price gets firmer during the US session as both WTI and Brent crude benefit from strong risk appetite and exploit today’s weaker US Dollar. Equities in the US have pushed higher over the last week ahead of tomorrow’s CPI data, with traders betting that the peak …
Read More »Germany’s Ifo: German economy to contract by 0.3% in 2023
Germany’s Ifo Institute announced on Monday that it revised its 2023 growth forecast to -0.3% from 3.5% in June. The institute further noted that the annual inflation expectation for 2023 was revised to 9.3% from June’s forecast of 6%. For 2022, Ifo now sees the economy growing by 1.6%, down …
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