Central banks

Hopes for an Agreement Support the Euro

Published by Alba Di Rosa. July 17, 2020 .

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EU leaders are holding key discussions for a stimulus plan and for the future of European integration [ Read all ]

Indian rupee: an Update

Published by Alba Di Rosa. July 10, 2020 .

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Historical current account surplus and investors' comeback might be guiding the currency into a phase of recovery [ Read all ]

Optimism on Financial Markets supports the Swedish Currency

Published by Alba Di Rosa. July 3, 2020 .

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The absence of a real lockdown has limited negative economic effects for the country, but Sweden is not exempt from the challenges of the post-Covid era. [ Read all ]

Covid Crisis and Philippine Peso

Published by Alba Di Rosa. June 26, 2020 .

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The Philippine peso is one of the few currencies that showed an appreciation greater than 1% against the dollar in the first half of 2020 [ Read all ]

Central Banks Back in Action Curb Uncertainty

Published by Alba Di Rosa. June 19, 2020 .

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Risk aversion still prevails on financial markets, but central banks confirm their supportive stance. [ Read all ]

The volatility comeback

Published by Alba Di Rosa. June 12, 2020 .

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Optimism fades on financial markets [ Read all ]

Euro, Dollar and the Pound: An Update

Published by Alba Di Rosa. June 5, 2020 .

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Stability for the single currency, thanks to the action of the ECB and the European Commission; clouds on the horizon for the greenback and the pound. [ Read all ]

The March of the Epidemic in Brazil: What Prospects for the Real?

Published by Alba Di Rosa. May 29, 2020 .

Exchange rate Central banks Uncertainty Exchange rate risk Brazilian real Latin America Emerging markets Exchange rates

Political tensions and health risk keep the real under pressure, in spite of some signs of the beginning of a turnaround. [ Read all ]

Bank of Russia’s parachute shields the rouble

Published by Alba Di Rosa. May 22, 2020 .

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New mechanisms put in place by the Russian central bank to reduce the dependence of the rouble on the price of oil are proving effective in the aftermath of the Covid shock. [ Read all ]

Turkish Lira on a Slippery Slope

Published by Alba Di Rosa. May 8, 2020 .

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The Covid epidemic could bring Turkey on the brink of a new currency crisis [ Read all ]