Sovereign bonds: Give us an E, give us an S… but maybe hold the G
If their own research is to be believed, the world’s largest asset managers are fully seized of the importance of taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks into consideration when investing in sovereign Eurobonds. Yet time and again, when it...
Investors in Euphoria, Betting on a V-Shaped Recovery
The global financial markets were basically in euphoria last week. Lockdown restrictions continued to be eased. ECB provided more stimulus by expanding the crisis purchase program. Surprised growth in US and Canadian employment in May argue that the worst of...
The widely cited ‘disconnect’ between Wall Street and Main Street suddenly appears less confounding
A “Now Hiring” sign advertising jobs at Lowe’s is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Quite unexpectedly and rather suddenly, investors have been given a...
Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary: Was April the Bottom?
U.S. Review Was April the Bottom? Data this week continued to suggest the U.S. economy hit rock bottom in April. Still, it is a long road to recovery and the pickup in economic activity will be gradual. In what was...
The Weekly Bottom Line: America Starts Getting Back to Work Sooner than Expected
U.S. Highlights Investors appeared to shrug off some recent concerning developments, focusing instead on the reopening of the economy and nascent signs of growth. Economic data offered some support to this narrative. While jobless claims data had continued to point...
Forward Guidance: A Brutal April Gives Way to a (Somewhat) Brighter May
The surprise increase in employment in both Canada and the US in May added to a growing list of evidence that economic activity bottomed out in April, albeit after plumbing previously unthinkable depths. The gains themselves were unexpected, given the...
Oil Market Week Ahead: What is the Meaning of the Early OPEC Meeting?
OPEC ministers will gather in front of their computer screens for the cartel’s video conference on Saturday in a meeting that has been brought forward from its scheduled 9 June date, most likely to avoid data showing poor compliance with...
GBP Continues to Trend Higher against USD
The US Dollar was bearish against most of its major pairs on Friday with the exception of the CHF, JPY and EUR. On the economic data front, Change in Nonfarm Payrolls jumped to 2,509K on month in May (-7,500K expected),...
May sees biggest jobs increase ever of 2.5 million as economy starts to recover from coronavirus
Employment stunningly rose by 2.5 million in May and the jobless rate declined to 13.3%, according to data Friday from the Labor Department that was far better than economists had been expecting and indicated that an economic turnaround could be...
The coronavirus pandemic has created a new job: temperature taker
Managers at the massive Bell facilities in North Texas had a problem. As 5,000 employees building helicopters needed to stay on the job, the company — a division of Textron — had to take steps to keep workers safe. One...
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