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...“A wall of worry is hitting the bond market and the latest trigger is the oil price,” said Jim Leaviss, a fund manager at M&G Investments....
...While he only boasts a gravelly bellow, Arnold Schwarzenegger shares the same mythic status as those enchanted figures on Le Sirenuse....
...But Disney insiders say his experience at those consumer companies such as P&G has no relevance....
...It was like a greatest hits of southern Sicily’s physical attributes: the wildflower-speckled green of Torre Salsa nature reserve, then a curl of white sand and the sea and sky, plus a slice of blue pool...
...Even so, Ignacio de la Torre, chief economist at Arcano Partners, noted that Spain’s economy was adding 90,000 jobs a month, and the next round of collective bargaining deals should lead to significantly...
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, predicted the ECB would halt its bond-buying this year and raise rates by late 2023....
...They will have to carry a sticker ranking their environmental impact from A to G under a proposed ecodesign for sustainable products regulation....
...Check out Martin Arnold’s succinct expression of the ECB’s other fears in the FT: . . . the ECB . . ....
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, said the ECB’s move represented “an unprecedented pre-commitment as well as a big institutional culture change”, in contrast to the way it had raised interest...
...Rooms and suites: 25 Spa: None Restaurant: Enoteca La Torre, adjacent to the property’s converted greenhouse, is all early-20th-century elegance, from the tall mullioned-glass doors to the frothy cornices...
...A stronger euro “negates almost all of the reflationary benefits from national and expected joint fiscal measures in response to the pandemic this year”, according to Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+...
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, said: “Measures may prove slower to lift fully during the long winter flu season, even with the strong but short seasonal boost of Christmas travel and retail...
...Ignacio de la Torre, chief economist at the Madrid-based investment bank Arcano Partners, said Spain’s loss of international tourism was compensated in part by Spaniards’ domestic travel, but warned: “Now...
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, said the rate could “fall ahead of the next bank auction to respond to expectations of sharply weaker lender profitability during the second wave of the pandemic...
...Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves are stocked with the latest literary releases, while a rare and used section features treasures such as an inscribed edition of John Berger’s erotic historical novel G (€800)...
...“The shape of the virus resurgence and ensuing business lockdowns and confidence shocks make a double-dip recession the central scenario,” said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, adding that...
...Closer to home, at Tarrytown, the British spy Major John André was caught, after he had met Benedict Arnold at West Point....
...Raymond Torres, chief economist at Funcas, Spain’s savings banks foundation, says: “If the pandemic goes on significantly longer there is the risk of zombification, particularly in the most affected service...
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, said: “This is an ECB president with a very cohesive, collegial leadership style who wants the others to come to a common ground....
...Lena Komileva, chief economist, at G+ Economics, said there was “confusion over what the ECB wanted to achieve by bringing up the euro”....
...Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics, said: “The many voices of the governing council today send a signal that policymakers are still searching for the common ground on how to respond to the exchange...
...“Having signalled that the strength of the euro does not justify further intervention, the ECB has opened the door to a further rise in the euro towards $1.20,” said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+...
...widened the structural divergences between the north and south of the eurozone and that accentuates the difficulties of setting monetary policy for the whole region,” said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+...
...“With credit stresses ever-present in sovereign, bank and credit markets, it remains essential that the ECB stays ahead of the risk curve,” said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics....
...“When you have negative rates, you are effectively targeting bank reserves, you don’t need a rate cut to allow overnight market rates to drift lower temporarily,” said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+...
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