Daily Report

18 de Fevereiro de 2019
Daily Report 18.02.2019
  • In the last session of the week, financial markets showed an upbeat tone on the back of a better perspective on China and U.S. trade talks. The U.S. President, Donald Trump, said the deal is "a lot closer" and that he might extend the tariff increase truce (currently set to end on March 1st). In this context, stock indices rose in advanced economies and oil prices extended last week's rally.
  • In a speech given on Friday at New York, Benoît Coeuré, member of the Executive Board of the ECB, said that extending the TLTRO program is possible as long as it serves the monetary policy purposes and that the ECB board will discuss it. Shortly after this communication, European stocks rose across the board.
  • This week, investors will pay attention to the release of the last Fed's and ECB's meetings minutes (on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively) and to the February flash PMIs for the euro area, Germany and France (Thursday).