Perhaps the most important number coming out of the developed world was Europe’s February inflation turning negative. This prompted expectations of aggressive action by ECB president Mario Draghi at the central bank’s 10 March meeting. At the time of writing, the markets are coming off a little following what was a few hours ago a very positive reaction to the various stimulus measures announced by the ECB.
Published in Investment Letter, March 2016
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