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3 Oct 2023

A death cross on the Euro-dollar

Watch out the key 1.05 support level. There is not safety net underneath Source: TME Activate to view larger image,

28 Sep 2023

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT DE-EUROIZATION ?

Based on SWIFT international payments, we are witnessing 'de-euroization' and not 'dedollarization. The euro's share in SWIFT global payments has dropped to 23% from 38% at the start of the year. Are Russia's SPFS and China's CIPS eating up the euro? Meanwhile, China's share in SWIFT payments reached an all-time high of 3.47% in August. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

28 Sep 2023

Sentiment among consumers in Germany keeps deteriorating as persistently high inflation encourages people to save & blots out chances of a recovery before year-end

GfK German Consumer Sentiment Index drops to -26.5 in Oct from -25.6 in Sep. An indicator BELOW 0 signals YoY contraction in private consumption. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

25 Sep 2023

The business outlook in Germany has improved slightly amid a shrinking economy

Source: Bespoke

21 Sep 2023

In case you missed it: German PPI deflation deepened w/PPI down 12,6%, most since the start of the statistic in 1949

Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

15 Sep 2023

Some interresting comments by Themacrocompass.com / Alfonso Peccatiello

on yesterday's ECB hike and Lagarde's comments: "The demand for corporate loans in Europe has plummeted as borrowing costs remain prohibitively high. The Eurozone credit creation process is quite reliant on bank lending, so this matters. And indeed markets aren't reacting as if the ECB just hiked - quite the opposite: bond yields have moved lower and the EUR has taken another dip. The risks of an ECB policy mistake keep growing".

14 Sep 2023

While Germany is deindustrializing US construction spending on manufacturing is going thru the roof. Viel glück Deutschland...

Source: Michael A. Arouet

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