STATUS CHECK COMMENTARY: HISTORY WAITS FOR TRUMP’S SENATE TRIAL

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Monday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: • The few in the U.S. Senate chamber to hear Donald J. Trump be indicted at the end of the day were warned to be quiet while the charge was read -under pain […]

ECB’S LAGARDE: ASSET BUYING AS LIKELY TO EXCEED CURRENT ALLOCATION AS TO FALL SHORT

— ECB President Denies New Language Toward PEPP Programme Reflects More Hawkish Attitude By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – ECB warnings that it may not expend all of its emergency bond buying do not represent a more hawkish outlook toward the eurozone recovery, according to Europe’s top central banker.  The rate-setting Governing Council raised eyebrows […]

IFO: GERMAN BUSINESS CONFIDENCE DECLINES IN JANUARY ON CORONA

By Marco Babic ZURICH (MaceNews) – German business conditions started the year off on a negative note as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed both current conditions and business expectations lower, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said in a report Monday. Ifo’s Business Climate Index for January fell to 90.1 in January from a […]