European investment opportunities remain, despite financial repression in the region. The European Central Bank (ECB) surprised market watchers with its dovish turn in January, wiping out any prospect of an interest-rate rise this year and revising its growth projections for the euro area downward for 2019. With Europeans set to live with interest rates at zero (or negative) for longer, many are wondering if Europe now...
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European investment opportunities remain, despite financial repression in the region.The European Central Bank (ECB) surprised market watchers with its dovish turn in January, wiping out any prospect of an interest-rate rise this year and revising its growth projections for the euro area downward for 2019. With Europeans set to live with interest rates at zero (or negative) for longer, many are wondering if Europe now faces “Japanisation”, meaning that it is stuck in a low-growth and...
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While growth in the UK and Spain is proving resilient, it is expected to slow in both places next year, while growth in France will remain moderate.This week saw the release of preliminary third-quarter GDP numbers in the UK, France and Spain. Following stronger-than-expected GDP growth (+0.5% q-on-q in the third quarter), we have revised our growth forecast for the UK higher, to 2.0% in 2016, (up from an earlier estimate of 1.8%). However, we still expect the fallout from the Brexit...
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