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Investing in Europe in 2020 – The Year Ahead

February 27, 2020 | File Under: BoE, Brexit, Charles Michel, Conte, David Sassoli, ECB, EU, Europe, Federal Reserve, France, Germany, Greece, Inflation, Ireland, Italy, Macron, Merkel, Mitsotakis, Negative Rates, Negative Yields, Netherlands, Rutte, Sanchez, SNB, Spain, Switzerland, Tariffs, TLTRO, UK, Ursula von der Leyen, Varadkar

An overview of some European key themes and political risks for 2020

2020 brings with it the 10th year of recovery since the global financial crisis. Equity markets continue to break records, ample credit is available, yet the bullish performance appears cosmetic at times and investing in Europe in 2020 is fraught with political risks. The US deficit doubled from $385bn to $779bn last year, the UK […]

Varadkar resigns amid warning impasse will hit the economy (The Irish Times)

February 24, 2020 | File Under: Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Ireland, Sinn Fein, Varadkar

“None of Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin or the Green Party’s Eamon Ryan secured anything close to the number of votes required to be elected Taoiseach and win the mandate to form a government.” – by Colin Gleeson