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    July 19, 2019

    Market Comment | Bonds regain favor as easing expectations from the Fed and ECB strengthen

    This week, markets turned increasingly optimistic about the potential for more aggressive pre-emptive easing by major central banks. U.S. - China trade talks seem to be stalling once again, while both U.S. economic data and company earnings released this week were mixed, and European data came in softer.

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    July 18, 2019

    Market Comment | Wait and watch mood prevails

    The slow progress in the initial trade demands of U.S and China is raising doubts as to whether they will be able to overcome their much deeper differences. Bloomberg reported that the ECB is considering modifying its inflation target to adapt it to the post-crisis era.

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    July 17, 2019

    Market Comment | Sovereign yields decline amid renewed uncertainty

    The International Monetary Fund has released its annual External Sector Report and it focuses on the need to avoid policies that distort trade. Sovereign treasury yields slipped after Fed officials reinforced expectations that they would cut interest rates this month.

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    July 16, 2019

    Market Comment | Robustness of U.S. retail sales in June

    U.S. retail sales rose 0.4% MoM in June, the fourth consecutive month of rises and a sign of economic robustness, according to data released by the Department of Commerce. The Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates by more than 25 basis points in July.

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    July 15, 2019

    Market Comment | China’s GDP increased 6.2% in the second quarter of 2019

    China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported on Monday that the GDP of China increased 6.2% in the second quarter of 2019. This growth of the economy is in line with what analysts predicted and represents the slowest rate of expansion since 1992Q1. However, its quarter on quarter reading of 1.6% was ahead of forecasts.

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    July 12, 2019

    Market Comment | Reinforced interest rate cut expectations move markets

    This week, financial markets continued to reassess Fed’s interest rate cut expectations in the wake of recently released strong payrolls data, a resumption of US-China trade talks and yesterday’s firmer CPI inflation figures.

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    July 11, 2019

    Market Comment | U.S. core inflation rose by the most in nearly 18 months in June

    Today it was published that U.S. underlying consumer prices increased by the most in nearly 18 months in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy prices, core inflation rose 0.3% m/m in June.

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    July 10, 2019

    Market Comment | Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reinforces the thesis of an upcoming rate cut

    Today, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, delivering the Fed's semi-annual monetary report to Congress, reinforced the thesis of an upcoming rate cut by the Fed given the potential impact on US growth of the global economic slowdown, as well as the uncertainty related to the trade war and the Brexit.

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