Eurozone inflation eased back to a rate of just 1.1% in February. As in the US, there is some indication of a modest pick-up in wage growth, and this has in the past been closely associated with the rate of inflation in the service sector.
The German market has been a stellar performer for property investors this year, but it is Sweden that could be the 2015 winner, managers suggest.
Baillie Gifford's James Anderson has bought into the Italian stock market for the first time in years, claiming Italy is in a better financial position than the UK.
The UK fund management industry faces complete transformation if the financial transaction tax - or Tobin tax - is implemented, commentators have warned.
Yields on Swedish government bonds have dropped to their lowest ever levels relative to Germany today as investors flee traditional safe havens amid the eurozone panic.
Swedish business publication Affärsvärlden has kicked off its annual investment competition by asking Signe, a basset hound, to pick her favourite funds.