Unwinding the JPY-USD Carry Trade
For many years, investors have actively engaged in the carry trade between the Japanese yen (JPY) and the US dollar...
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May 915 min read
Decoding the Neutral Rate: Unveiling Economic Equilibrium and Policy Implications
The natural rate of interest is a central concept that helps us understand macroeconomic relationships and the effects of monetary policy...
Jan 107 min read
BRICS - Is it a real threat to USD?
BRICS countries, acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, represent major emerging economies with rapid growth of GDP...
Nov 15, 20237 min read
Italy - Greece spread: what you need to know
The spread is a key concept in financial markets that measures the spread between the yields of government bonds of two countries...
Oct 31, 202310 min read
Will China ever be the First Economy?
For decades, China’s economy has been relying on a booming real estate sector fueled by population growth. The housing market created...
Oct 25, 20234 min read
The Certainty of Uncertainty
Across the world, the effective interest rate set by Central Banks don’t show any signs of slowing down...
Jul 18, 20233 min read
2H 2023 - Outlook
The season is almost over and we want to leave you with this recap of what we expect from the remaining months of 2023...
Jun 16, 20236 min read
De-dolarization
De-dollarization is the process of reducing the reliance on the U.S. dollar (USD) as a reserve currency, a medium of exchange...
Mar 16, 20236 min read
The fall of raw materials and energy prices: Implications in calculating the CPI
With commodity prices at all time high in the last period, spreading panic in industries, consumers, and politicians, we should ask...
Feb 9, 20238 min read
Inversion of the yield curve: what it meant in the past and what to expect in the future
A yield curve is a line that plots yields (interest rates) of bonds of the same credit quality but differing maturities...
Nov 16, 20228 min read
What happened to Credit Suisse?
Credit Suisse, one of the world's largest banks, has lost more than 90% of its 2007 highs and is in free fall, losing more than 60% since...
Oct 31, 20228 min read
Liz Truss's impact
On September 6th Liz Truss took over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom replacing Boris Johnson,...
Oct 1, 20226 min read
Switzerland’s monetary policy - What happened during coronavirus?
During January 2020, before the pandemic’s outbreak, the Swiss National Bank policy rate was at a historical low of -0.75%, what caused...
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