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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • Today’s trading session was a long-drawn countdown to the US January inflation data. If anything, the drift in EMU yields still was cautiously north. ECB board member Elderson Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Fed Chair Powell’s appearance before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday didn’t yield much clues on (changes in) monetary policy in the Trump 2.0 era. The Fed Chair understandably stuck Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • Bear steepening of yield curves is the main – and only -expression of the new step-up in trade threats. US President Trump is preparing universal (except for Australia) Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Yesterday US president Trump’s ‘announcement policy’ on tariffs continued to dominate market headlines as the president indicated that he was preparing broad-based tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminum. Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Monday, February 10, 2025 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • US President Trump’s latest salvo of tariffs left global markets largely unfazed. It suggests they are either calling his bluff (having Canada and Mexico in mind) or are Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Monday, February 10, 2025 Please click here to read the PDF version Market Commentary Markets • Friday’s US payrolls solidified the Fed view that it can sit back and wait as the US economy is in a good place. Headline US job growth at 143k Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Friday, February 7, 2025 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • The long-awaited re-evaluation of the neutral rate in the euro area turned out to be much ado about nothing. Estimates varied widely depending on the measurement technique. What Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Friday, February 07, 2025 Market Commentary Markets • The BoE cut its policy rate yesterday by 25 bps to 4.5% in a 7-2 vote (2 members in favour of 50 bps rate cut). BoE governor Bailey later warned not to read too much into this Read more…
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KBC Sunset KBC Sunset Thursday, February 6, 2025 Daily Market Overview Click here to read the PDF-version of this report Markets • The Bank of England today as expected cut its policy rate by 25 bps to 4.50%. The communication post the MPC decision contained some mixed signals, which we Read more…
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Sunrise market commentary KBC Sunrise Thursday, February 06, 2025 Market Commentary Markets • US Treasury Secretary Bessent seems to manifest himself as the voice of reason for US President Trump’s chaotic, sometimes illogic, burst of thoughts. In an interview with Fox Business he elaborated on/clarified themes like the ones spelled Read more…