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by Julius Probst One stylized economic history fact is that emerging markets are much more prone to financial and currency crises than advanced economies. Since the end of Bretton Woods in 1971, emerging
This live chart pack tracks the ever-evolving financial situation during COVID-19, with a focus on high-frequency data across flows, futures, and liquidity.
Written by Julius Probst The COVID-19 shock has already led to a huge repricing of
Today, taking a step back from discerning the see-saw movements of financial markets, Roger is having a look at the fundamentals of the UK economy after the recent release of a new budget and just ahead of the Brexit-negotiations restarting shortly.
Written by Julius Probst We are currently witnessing all sorts of macro crises at the
Our team of analysts put together a collection of charts to help you keep track
Today, Julius follows up on his post from last week covering the current turbulent market situation.
After a surprising Super Tuesday, we took a look at some political data we have
Last week was to financial markets what the Red Wedding was to Game of Thrones – meaning pretty much everybody got slaughtered. Our new client specialist and economist , Julius Probst, makes his debut on the Macro n’ Cheese blog today, as he couldn’t not spend his weekend analyzing what’s happening in markets and what this can mean for the rest of 2020.
This collection of charts summarizes the situation, both in China and in the rest of the world, after the Corona outbreak. They’re automatically updated as new data is released, so you can use it to track developments in the coming weeks and months. Since the commentary was written on February 28, it may not always match the updated data.
The unforeseen is the norm when it comes to recession-triggering events, so our in-house economist could be wrong about what the defining moment of this expansion will be. Nonetheless, he raises a couple of ever-important questions in today’s blog.
A recent article on the voxEu site – where our Chief Economist, by the way, spends way too much time – on the paradox of stagnant real wages and rising living standards in the United Kingdom, has garnered some attention. Roger has taken a deeper look at it.
After last week’s piece on China’s Year of the Rat by our NY office, Roger was so inspired that he collected a few extra charts on the Chinese economy – this time, focusing on monetary and fiscal policy.
