Investment Week | European-central-bank

How 'pervasive uncertainty' is impacting the outlook for European assets

The European Central Bank (ECB) has been much more dovish this year as macroeconomic conditions in the eurozone have quickly deteriorated.

17 April 2019 • 2 min read

Where are M&G's Bauer's best bond opportunities?

The recent drop of the 10-year German bund yield into negative territory has left many bond investors scratching their heads.

10 April 2019 • 2 min read

What should investors be looking for in European growth data?

Growth in the eurozone is slowing to stall-speed. The most recent raft of indicators point to weak manufacturing activity, with German data at lows last seen in 2009.

03 April 2019 • 2 min read

'This goes further than most of us thought it would': ECB to introduce measures to boost stunted eurozone

Economists react

07 March 2019 • 4 min read

The five factors to watch in European high yield this year

Worst quarter in several years in Q4

08 February 2019 • 1 min read

'Recessions lie ahead': Global liquidity slowing at fastest rate since 2008

Fell by $4trn since January 2018

11 January 2019 • 1 min read

Commentators predict ECB will fail to raise rates in 2019 despite Draghi's positive outlook

QE expected to finish at year end

11 December 2018 • 3 min read

With the European Central Bank set to stop new quantitative easing at the end of 2018 and market chatter about an interest rate increase in 2019, have prospects for the spluttering European economy and financial markets taken a turn for the worse?

05 December 2018 • 2 min read