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?
Tit-for-tat rhetoric doing little to ease tensions within bloc
Trade war tensions a distraction
Europe appears to be in the twilight of the mid-cycle, with economic growth setting at a solid, sustainable pace.
Trade wars continue to dominate headlines. It is often the explanation behind any sell-off.