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Eurozone Economy Braces Itself For Prolonged Sluggishness
08:10pm, Monday, 30'th Oct 2023
Businesses report a slight tick-up in selling price expectations, but hard data still looks benign. Decline in the Economic Sentiment Indicator in October came as no surprise after the PMI had already
ECB: A Dovish Pause Now, A Peak Soon
12:33pm, Thursday, 26'th Oct 2023
The European Central Bank increasingly seems to embrace the idea that the peak in policy rates has already been reached. After 10 consecutive hikes, the ECB's decision to leave policy rates unchanged
ECB Preview: The Best Moment To Pause
12:45pm, Tuesday, 17'th Oct 2023
If anything, developments since the September meeting have made it even easier for the European Central Bank to pause at its next meeting. As much as the ECB has tried to keep the door to further rate
High-Dividend ETFs: Winners Amid Fed's Higher-For-Longer Rate Cues
09:01am, Thursday, 21'st Sep 2023
The Fed stayed put in its September meeting but indicated that rates will remain higher for longer.
5 Dividend ETFs That Are on Sale
09:46am, Thursday, 14'th Sep 2023
The dividend ETFs are available at sale and can bought now to ride out the current tumultuous time.
ECB Announces Final Rate Hike
09:20am, Thursday, 14'th Sep 2023
The ECB just announced its tenth consecutive policy rate hike since July last year, hiking all interest rates by 25bp. Higher inflation and inflation forecasts look like the main drivers of the hike.
FDD: In Europe Too, High Yields Underperform Quality Dividends
05:19pm, Tuesday, 12'th Sep 2023
First Trust STOXX® European Select Dividend Index Fund ETF picks 30 European stocks with high yields relative to country averages. The FDD ETF is overweight in financials and the top countries are th
ECB Cheat Sheet: Is A Hike Hawkish Enough?
11:30am, Tuesday, 12'th Sep 2023
Markets are torn. Will the ECB hike this week or not?
Looking to Tap Europe ETFs? 4 Picks to Earn Juicy Yield
09:47am, Friday, 08'th Sep 2023
These Europe ETFs offer dividend yields higher than the benchmark U.S. treasury yields.
Runaway Services Inflation In Euro Area Spikes To Record. Core CPI Stays Near Record
10:45pm, Monday, 31'st Jul 2023
The CPI for services spiked by 5.6% in July, compared to a year ago, up from 5.4% in June and 5.0% in May, another record in the data going back to 1997, according to Eurostat today. “Core” CPI (w
ECB Preview: The Final Countdown
01:10pm, Monday, 24'th Jul 2023
The European Central Bank looks set to hike rates by 25bp on Thursday. With the bleak economic outlook and disinflation gaining traction, however, the end to rate hikes is near.
Europe's Industry Outlook: We're Still Riding The Energy And Pandemic Shockwaves
09:18pm, Wednesday, 28'th Jun 2023
Industrial production growth in Europe has more or less stagnated since late 2020 as the speedy recovery that followed the first round of lockdowns came to a halt. At the same time, the sector is in a
Europe's Inflation Outlook Depends On How Corporate Profits Absorb Wage Gains
09:45pm, Monday, 26'th Jun 2023
Rising corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe's inflation over the past two years, as companies increased prices by more than spiking costs of imported energy. Europe's busin
Lagarde Pre-Announces Another ECB Rate Hike For July
12:45pm, Thursday, 15'th Jun 2023
The European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, is keeping the door wide open for more interest rate rises this summer. Lagarde has been explaining her decision to raise eurozone rates again b
The Eurozone's Improving Inflation Outlook Could Leave The ECB Behind The Curve
10:34pm, Monday, 12'th Jun 2023
Slowly but surely, the inflation outlook for the eurozone is improving. Headline inflation is normalising, but persistent core inflation is complicating things.
