Covid-19 crisis: What you need to know

US fiscal package: Signed, sealed, delivered?

A $2 trillion fiscal package has been agreed and will be voted on today. A clear positive development that the economy desperately needs, but with…

Watch: The European coronavirus response; is it enough?

Expect more spending commitments to be promised by eurozone governments in the coming weeks. That's Bert Colijn's prediction as he compares what…

Global FX: Glimmers of hope

Measures taken on both the fiscal and monetary front and signs of reducing USD funding squeeze suggest that global FX markets may be about to exit the…

Mexico: A “perfect storm” scenario sets in

Mexico may witness the largest economic contraction among its LATAM peers in 2020. A large GDP contraction, together with the financial difficulties faced…

What the Kiwi 'bazooka' means for NZD

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has joined major central banks in starting quantitative easing and will buy NZD 30bn (around 10% of GDP) worth of New…

Dutch debit card transactions decline sharply due to Covid-19

Covid-19 is beginning to hit the Dutch economy, and the confinement measures to halt the spread of the virus are affecting the way consumers spend money.…

Why Spain’s economy is more sensitive to the Covid-19 shock

For a country that was already slowing down and had more than three million people unemployed before the coronavirus crisis hit, Spain's economy is…

France: An economy in shock

Based on innovative methods, INSEE has managed to estimate that the French economy was only operating at two-thirds of its capacity during the first week…

Rates Daily: All PEPPed up

The US crisis response has been huge. The Eurozone is right up there too; the ECB showed its determination to support bond markets by ditching the issuer…

India: Complete lockdown to break Covid-19

The three-week nationwide lockdown will significantly dent India’s GDP growth, making this an even worse year for the economy than the 2008 Global…