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Shifting Consumer Habits: from Fashion to Home&Furniture

Published by Marzia Moccia. Sept. 22, 2021 .

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The new living context has progressively shifted the search for 'beauty' from goods typically linked to social space to products intended for the domestic sphere [ Read all ]

Back to the roots for Norway's monetary policy

Published by Gloria Zambelli. Sept. 17, 2021 .

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Our weekly currency focus looks at Norway today. As can be seen from the chart below, during 2020 the Norwegian krone faced the financial consequences dictated by the outbreak of the pandemic, react... [ Read all ]

El Salvador adopts Bitcoin

Published by Alba Di Rosa. Sept. 10, 2021 .

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The Central American country becomes pioneer in cryptocurrency world [ Read all ]

Global Demand for Industrial Goods picks up further

Published by Marzia Moccia. Sept. 8, 2021 .

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Global demand for investment goods regained its pre-2019 growth trajectory. Electronics is in the lead; positive signals also from machinery and industrial tools [ Read all ]

Focus United States: The Fed Stalls on Tapering

Published by Gloria Zambelli. Sept. 4, 2021 .

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Last week, international observers were focused on the highly anticipated annual symposium held by the Federal Reserve in Jackson Hole [ Read all ]

Automotive Components: Developments on EU Foreign Trade

Published by Alba Di Rosa. Sept. 1, 2021 .

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Semiconductor shortage emerges as wake-up call for the industry [ Read all ]

South Korea heading towards monetary policy normalization

Published by Alba Di Rosa. Aug. 27, 2021 .

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Economic recovery and financial stabilization rank as main goals [ Read all ]

Automotive Sector: Covid Crisis and Green Transition

Published by Alba Di Rosa. Aug. 25, 2021 .

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The first months of 2021 leave behind the unfavorable spring of last year for the EU market, but weakness remains compared to pre-Covid levels; solid growth for electric vehicles [ Read all ]

Afghani on the road to Venezuela's Sovereign Bolivar

Published by Luigi Bidoia. Aug. 20, 2021 .

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Regime change in Kabul interrupts Afghanistan's careful exchange rate policy [ Read all ]

The Shekel Rally Keeps Going

Published by Gloria Zambelli. Aug. 13, 2021 .

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The Bank of Israel's foreign currency purchase program appears to be insufficient to control the currency rally [ Read all ]