The Atlanta Fed GDPNow real GDP forecast for the second quarter stands at exactly 0 percent. So no growth expected. Something economists certainly do not take into account. The Atlanta Fed GDPNow forecast is a growth forecast based solely on published …

Russia's attack on Ukraine on 24 February this year is a “turning point and a milestone in European history. Its impact is enormous. No policy area remains unaffected.” So said Steven Van Hecke, professor of international relations at the KU Leuven …

Luxembourg has witnessed that European integration still has its limits, even when war rages on Europe’s doorstep. As world markets digested the Federal Reserve’s rate hike and the ECB’s emergency meeting, finance ministers of the 19 eurozone countries …

Imagine your office as a factory, a factory that produces decisions. Leadership decisions. Investment decisions. People decisions. All of them human decisions. According to Nobel Economics Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, these decisions are flawed, biassed …

Quintet Private Bank sees “significant long-term opportunities” in a world that has experienced multiple ‘black-swan’ type events – Covid-19, the invasion of Ukraine and a miniature version in China’s decision to lock down Shanghai in late March. …

The Federal Reserve is doing something else than what it says it is doing. At last week’s FOMC meeting, Fed chief Jerome Powell said that “the committee is not trying to cause a recession”. Yet it is clear that the Fed is directly linking a recession to …

Increasing variations in interest rates on government bonds the Eurozone have reawakened fears of bankruptcy in the periphery of the eurozone. The ECB says it will do everything it can to contain this threat of fragmentation. It remains uncertain though …

Luxembourg’s Ministry of Finance has chosen asset management firm Schroders and its impact investment unit BlueOrchard as industry partners for a new climate action partnership. Schroders will serve as the management company for the finance ministry. …

Although its overall market share contracted slightly, Luxembourg last year held on to its number one spot among Europe’s top 10 investment hubs for both Ucits and Alternative Investment Funds, with a market share of 26.8 percent, compared to 27 percent …

Mutual funds saw net outflows last month at a rate of more than one billion euro per day, while firms selling Exchange Traded Funds experienced a small level of net inflows, according to new data from Refinitiv Lipper. Mutual funds experienced net …

Chart of the week: 'Growthless'

‘War in Ukraine is a turning point in European history'

In Flux: A black Bloomsday

Kahneman: better decisions make world a better place

Quintet still sees long term quality in tech stocks

What can stop the Fed?

As Eurozone spreads shrink, ECB gets the benefit of doubt

Luxembourg picks Schroders as ManCo in climate action

Luxembourg retains lead as funds hub, Ireland catches up

Mutual fund outflow persists in May, inflow for ETFs