Weekly Briefing

Summary and Comment In July 2022, Ukraine and Russia made a deal that allowed the resumption of vital grain exports […]

Summary and Comment   The Eurozone economy grew by 0.6% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2023, easing from

Summary and Commentary In May, treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that more mergers among midsize U.S. banks could be necessary

Summary and Comment Consumer price inflation in the United Kingdom dropped to 7.9% in June 2023, marking the lowest level

Summary and Comments This week’s highlights are on the inflation data all around the world. China’s consumer price inflation (YoY)

Summary and Comment   These weeks have been full of economic indicator releases, which are briefly summarized here.  Personal spending

Summary and Comment   The week was marked by the halting of the stock market rally, hawkish J. Powell testimony

Summary and Comment This was a FED week (FOMC meeting and interest rate decision) which was marked by the interest

Summary and Comment The GDP report released on Thursday showed a mixed performance across Europe. Southern European economies including Spain,

Summary and Comments The US debt ceiling talks are over and the default disgrace has been avoided with the passing

Summary and Comment The debt ceiling saga continues, but this Saturday there have been some positive developments. Biden calls tentative

Summary and Comment The debt ceiling news are getting more intense as the June deadline approaches. No agreement in sight

Summary and Comment The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US fell to a six-month low of 57.7 in

Weekly Market News and Comments   “The second and third biggest bank failures in US history have followed in quick

Summary and Comment This week, First Republic Bank failed and was sold to one of the US Big Banks. The

Summary and Comment This was yet another calm week on the US markets, with no special economic highlights except for

Summary and Comment Another calm week on the markets, with news of slowing CPI in the US (0.1% MoM) and

 Summary and Comment This week was marked by a surprise announcement by OPEC+, stating that oil production would be cut