Tag Archives: Mario Draghi

We Have Lift Off! (in the $)

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

  Can’t believe that was fiddy years past.  Going to see the new Apollo 11 flick on Saturday with my 15-year old daughter, who wants to be an astrophysicist. Back to biz… The Dixie – “To the Moon, Alice” Another … Continue reading →

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Inflation With A Draghi Tatoo?

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

Draghi: QE is part of our toolbox and can be considered to be useable by the Governing Council in contingencies. We’ve always considered this and it has now been sanctioned by the ECJ — European Central Bank (@ecb) December 13, … Continue reading →

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ECB to end stimulus programme later this year

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

ECB President Mario Draghi admitted the eurozone recovery has slowed and kept record low interest rates unchanged… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/14/ec…

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The Bund With A Draghi Tattoo

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

The consequences for global markets of an end to ECB QE will be much bigger than those associated with the end of the Fed’s QE –  Guillermo Tolosa, Oxford Economics Huge ECB meeting on Thursday.   Will Mario Draghi announce a path to normalize monetary … Continue reading →

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Watch These Spaces

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

It seems like an eternity since our January 28th Sunday night post, Watch This Space. The S&P500 had closed at the high of the day on Friday and also what was the high of 2018. We warned to watch the … Continue reading →

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Super Mario’s Problem In One Picture

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

File under “Kafkaesque Markets.” Source:  MacroTourist

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Jackson Hole Schedule

Posted on August 24, 2017 by

Note,  mountain time —  add two hours for NY time.   No expectations of policy from Yelen or Draghi.  Nothing priced.  Either a big yawn or big market move. Source:  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank

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The Bonds With A Draghi Tattoo

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

On Tuesday,  June 27th,  Super Mario said this, “Deflationary forces have been replaced by reflationary ones.”  – Mario Draghi And here is how global 10-year bond yields reacted, The German 10-year Bund yield increased 77 percent — OK, from a … Continue reading →

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QOTD: Super Mario Speaks

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

“Deflationary forces have been replaced by reflationary ones.”  – Mario Draghi

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Draghi confident on inflation and growth – FT

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

The European Central Bank’s president Mario Draghi announced the quantitative easing programme will start on Monday. The FT’s Ferdinando Giugliano and Ralph Atkins discuss what securities the ECB will be buying, and its growth and inflation outlook. For more video … Continue reading →

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