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Eurizon Weekly, 11 Mar. 2024. The markets enjoyed a positive week thanks to the ECB meeting, that confirmed investor expectations, and US labour market data, that while mixed overall, confirmed that the US economy is not overheating at the moment. However, while the markets scored gains, they generally remained rather cautious in waiting on the US inflation reading.
Andrea Conti, Head of the Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, reports Audio recorded on 11 Mar. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 4 Mar. 2024.Another positive week, with investors slightly more cautious, in light of the trend of US inflation and ahead of this week’s ECB meeting. The markets are pricing in on the one hand some uncertainty over the timeline of the convergence of inflation back to target, and on the other macro data that confirm the resilience of the overall picture. Stefano Cucchi of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team takes a closer look. Audio recorded on 4 Mar. 2024

Andrea Conti, Head of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, explains the AM company’s positioning for the coming month, in light of a baseline scenario that combines inflation converging towards the central banks’ targets and expectations for the global economic cycle to continue. The Fed and ECB still intend to lower policy rates in the second half of the year, and the market impact of geopolitical tensions remains modest. Audio recorded on 22 Feb. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 19Feb. 2024. In the course of the week, both consumer and producer prices rose back on a monthly basis in the US, casting some doubts on the timeline of inflation’s return to target and, as a result, on expectations for the Fed’s future decisions on the announced monetary easing process. Stefano Cucchi, of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, takes a closer look. Audio recorded on 19 Feb. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 12 Feb. 2024. The marginal repricing of monetary policy expectations by the sovereign yields market continued, progressively cutting back on the excesses recorded over the closing months of 2023. The global stock markets were cautious, whereas the US stock lists stayed on an uptrend, supported by quarterly corporate results, in waiting for the US inflation reading to provide clearer indications on the timing of the start of the interest rate normalisation process by the central banks. Stefano Cucchi of the Eurizon Macro Research & Product Specialist team takes a closer look. Audio recorded on 12 Feb. 2024.

Andrea Conti, Head of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, explains the AM company’s positioning in light of a baseline scenario that combines inflation closing in on central bank targets with expectations for an ongoing global economic cycle. The Fed and the ECB intend to lower rates in the second half of the year. Geopolitical tensions are only reaping modest impacts on the markets. Audio recorded on 01 Feb. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 29 Jan. 2024. Last week the US economy again confirmed its strength, and combined with the growth-supportive measures put in place by the Chinese authorities and the ECB’s more accommodative than expected statements, boosted stock indices. Stefano Cucchi of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team takes a closer look. Audio recorded on 29 Jan. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 22 Jan. 2024. Stock markets more cautious, on the decline of short-term US yields and ahead of the earnings season reaching its height. Stefano Cucchi of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team takes a closer look. Audio recorded on 22 Jan. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly 15 Jan. 2024. After a cautious start to the year, marked by widespread profit-taking following the sharp recovery scored at the end of 2023, last week investors started to take a bolder approach. Stefano Cucchi, of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, reports.
Audio recorded on 15 Jan. 2024.

Eurizon Weekly, 8 Jan. 2024. In the opening week of 2024, the markets remained cautious in the wake of the strong recovery recorded in the final weeks of 2023. Andrea Conti, Head of Eurizon’s Macro Research & Product Specialist team, takes a closer look.
Audio recorded on 8 Jan. 2024.