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    María Martínez
    María Martínez
    Senior Economist
    Spain

    Maria Martinez obtained a Master’s in Quantitative Finance at the Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas (AFI) and a Master´s in Economics and Finance at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She obtained her degree in Economics at Universidad de Oviedo.


    She joined BBVA Research in 2009, and she is currently senior economist in the Financial Global Markets Unit. Prior to this position she was a Research Assistant in the Financial Stability Department at the Bank of Spain and an analyst and consultant in the Transfer Pricing Department in KPMG.

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    June 6, 2019

    ECB: More dovishness in several fronts
    The ECB strengthened its forward guidance on rates, with no rate hikes at least through the first half of 2020 in response to the increase and persistence of global uncertainty. The ECB opens the possibility to further easing if needed.

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    June 3, 2019

    Market Comment | Markets bring forward Fed rate cut expectations. ECB Preview
    Risk-off mood prevails in financial markets as trade tensions increased concerns over a possible global recession after the threat of US tariffs extended from China to Mexico. Safe-haven bond yields fresh record lows today, while bond and equity volatility soared.

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    April 29, 2019

    The ECB and the negative rates dilemma
    Last March, in its monetary policy meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to delay the expected interest rate rise, having announced that reference rates will remain at current levels at least through the end of this year – instead of until summer 2019 — as had been previously announced.

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