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  Gilts in precarious spot with UK at economic crossroads
27 Mar 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Gilts in precarious spot with UK at economic crossroads

With the recent economic spotlight dominated by President Trump’s rhetoric and Germany’s blockbuster fiscal expansion plans, Wednesday brought the UK back into focus with the latest round of inflation data and the Spring Statement from the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.
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US growth fears highlight strength of European yields
14 Mar 2025 TwentyFour Blog

US growth fears highlight strength of European yields

Volatility in Bunds seems to have calmed down slightly in the last few days as markets continue to digest huge fiscal expansion plans from Germany and the European Union. At the same time, many forecasters have been downgrading their US growth projections after reassessing the level of pain President Trump seems willing to inflict on the US economy in order to implement his policy agenda.
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Whatever It Takes, the German edition
5 Mar 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Whatever It Takes, the German edition

Overnight, the CDU/CSU (the winner of the latest German election) and the SPD (the leader of the current parliament set to end on March 25) announced Germany’s largest fiscal policy shift in decades.
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Could bank deregulation explain resilience in US Treasuries?
14 Feb 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Could bank deregulation explain resilience in US Treasuries?

In a week when US core consumer price inflation unexpectedly rose to 0.4% month-on-month and Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell told Congress the central bank was in “no hurry” to cut interest rates, many market participants have been surprised by the relatively muted reaction in US Treasuries (USTs).
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Fed and ECB meetings point to divergence in paths
31 Jan 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Fed and ECB meetings point to divergence in paths

Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell had the honour of kicking off the 2025 season for the major central banks this week, swiftly followed by the chore of having to plead the fifth every time he was asked about a President Trump policy.
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The slightest of cracks in the US labour market
14 Jan 2025 TwentyFour Blog

The slightest of cracks in the US labour market

The latest non-farm payrolls (NFP) data on Friday showed ongoing resilience in the US labour market. To quote the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Austan Goolsbee, “the labor market seems to be stabilizing at something close to a full employment rate.” Is he right?
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Gilt yields gap higher
9 Jan 2025 TwentyFour Blog

Gilt yields gap higher

We saw a sell-off across the UK Gilt curve on Wednesday with yields rising by 4bp at the short end and 11bp at the long end. This took the 10-year Gilt to 4.80% and the 30-year Gilt to 5.35%, with the latter bringing the unwelcome headline that UK borrowing costs are at their highest since the last century.
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Fixed Income 2025: Yields trump possibility of spread correction
10 Dec 2024 TwentyFour Blog

Fixed Income 2025: Yields trump possibility of spread correction

With a macro backdrop of falling rates and solid global growth, TwentyFour Asset Management's Eoin Walsh says fixed income investors can expect healthy total returns in 2025.
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French stalemate not a severe scenario for markets
5 Dec 2024 TwentyFour Blog

French stalemate not a severe scenario for markets

As most analysts expected, the French parliament on Wednesday brought the metaphorical guillotine down on Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s minority government. The no-confidence motion, brought by an alliance of left-wing parties while Barnier was attempting to pass a budget, was supported by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party.
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Eurozone inflation, growth and ECB speak
29 Nov 2024 TwentyFour Blog

Eurozone inflation, growth and ECB speak

Thanksgiving week is usually a lighter one when it comes to data releases in the US. Apart from a PCE and core PCE inflation numbers that came in line with expectations at 2.3% and 2.8% respectively, there has not been much data to move the dial. In Europe, on the other hand, there have been a few data releases and central banker interviews that are worth commenting on.
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 Heimstaden shows rate cuts are reviving real estate
27 Nov 2024 TwentyFour Blog

Heimstaden shows rate cuts are reviving real estate

Real estate, and in particular real estate investment trusts (REITs), was one of the first sectors to come under market scrutiny as interest rates rose, but a strong return to market from Swedish real estate company Heimstaden on Tuesday was the latest sign that expected rate cuts in Europe are easing pressure on the industry.
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Is payday over for German workers?
21 Nov 2024 TwentyFour Blog

Is payday over for German workers?

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday published its quarterly negotiated wages indicator for Q3, and while this is only one indicator the ECB uses to determine wage inflation across the Eurozone, the growth rate of 5.4% was the highest since the early 1990s.
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