EUROPE
Swedish
and Danish banks are embroiled in a massive money laundering scandal in the
Baltic states
Salvini begins EU
poll campaign with populist alliance – FT
League
leader seeks to forge anti-migration coalition across Europe
Considering intra-EU migration and countries’ net inflows – Bruegel
The
authors here review the latest EU migration figures. Southern, eastern, and
central Europe have broadly experienced net losses in cumulative intra-EU
migration, while western and northern Europe have experienced gains. Spain and
Italy, however, have still experienced gains in net migration inflows.
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
Central
banks have been ‘overburdened,’ Frenkel says * Roubini warns that Europe is ‘on
the verge of a recession’
The
ECB April meeting will continue to analyse the future economic outlook and what
that implies for the details of future policy actions. While no concrete
decisions will be announced, the discussion is expected to be active.
Marcus Ashworth: A
Weak Euro Does What a Fractured ECB Can’t – BB
Frankfurt
needs time, and the falling currency has given it to them.
Getting ready for
tiering
– Pictet
Although
back in 2016 the ECB ruled out tiering of bank reserves to mitigate the side
effects of negative rates, the situation has since changed, and it could be
implemented eventually if policy rates were to remain negative into 2020.
REGULARS
Five Things to
Start Your Day Asia –
BB
Eco Day Asia – BB
Trump's
Rate Debate, Asia Resilience, China FX Reserves * Kudlow says U.S. and China
‘closer and closer’ to trade deal * Slower inflation not enough to prompt early
Philippine easing
Five Things to
Start Your Day Europe – BB
EU Open Rundown – RANsquawk
FirstFT Daily
Briefing
– FT
Brussels Briefing – FT
Brussels Edition – BB
Brussels Playbook – Politico
Brexit
crash week — Europe or dystopian hellscape? — EU blame games
Danske Daily – Danske
Bank
Eco Day Europe – BB
Europe's
Funk, Southeast Asia Resilience, Libya's Oil * Dour European economic data
aren’t quite what Japan was * China FX reserves gain moderately, U.S.-China
talks lumber on
Daily Market Comment
–
Marc
Chandler
Brexit,
EU-China, and the Abandonment of the Open Door
Five Things to
Start Your Day US
– BB
US Open Rundown – RANsquawk
US Open – ZH
Futures
Slide, Dragged By Boeing, Lack Of "US-China Deal Optimism"
Eco Day US – BB
Mixed
Economic Signs, Trump and the Fed, Europe’s Funk * Global finance chiefs face
conflicting messages at IMF summit * Fed may bow to Trump’s call for rate cuts
if inflation softens
FINNISH
Aamukatsaus – Nordeaa
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