2016 has, so far, been a volatile and tumultuous year for financial markets. Only three weeks in, we have already seen a multitude of news events causing risk aversion to spike. These include, to name just a few, the tumbling price of oil, a myriad of different policy moves from the Chinese authorities, conflicting indicators of Chinese economic growth and subsequent fears of slower global growth, yet more idiosyncratic corporate events and geopolitical events.
"The outlook balance for the region overall is negative, largely because of policy risks", said Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services in its latest review of Central and Eastern European (CEE) sovereign ratings outlooks
Greece managed to receive all the first-tranche disbursements of its third bailout programme only after extended negotiations and by pushing back on the severest reforms. Nonetheless
The first 2016 Ecb meeting ended without any change to the monetary policy stance. But Mario Draghi is ready to act in the next assembly due on march 10. He didn’t give any hint on what kind of actions the Ecb will choose but he is ready to tackle deflation.
What was expected to be a dull first meeting of the year, turned out to be an exciting ECB meeting with ECB president Mario Draghi opening the door widely for […]
DBRS rating confirmed the European Union rating at AAA with a stable outlook. The Eu’s conservative budgetary management and the institution’s preferred creditor status are two of the factors benefiting European rating. DBRS mantains a low short term risk view also if it warns that ratings could be lowered in case of a deterioration in the credit rating of the Eu’s core member states and their committment to supporto the European Union.
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