In 2023, Italians withdrew 360 billion euros from ATMs, demonstrating a persistent preference for cash despite the rise of digital payments. This is explained in the new Unimpresa report which highlights a strong cultural and economic bond with…
The European stock markets are in positive territory at mid-session with Piazza Affari leading the increases and returning above 32 thousand points. The dollar weakens, fueling expectations of a possible rate cut by the Federal Reserve
New episode of Guida alla Finanza by Stefano Siviero of the Bank of Italy: the digital euro promises to modernize payments, offering a safe and ecological version of cash. But there are still issues to resolve, including security, privacy…
Saturday 10 August on FIRSTonline the 23rd episode of the Financial Guide created by REF Ricerche with the collaboration of Allianz Bank Financial Advisors. In this episode Stefano Siviero of Bankitalia will talk about the digital euro, exploring its potential,…
Nineteenth episode of the Financial Guide created for FIRSTonline by Ref Ricerche with the support of Allianz Bank Financial Advisors. We talk about the centrality of exchange rates, fundamental in economies open to the rest of the world. He explains the importance of it…
Saturday 15 June on FIRSTonline the new episode of the Financial Guide created by REF Ricerche with the collaboration of Allianz Bank Financial Advisors. In this episode Rony Hamaui will talk about the centrality of exchange rates in the world economic system
The European stock markets recover at the end, but close below parity. Paris heavy after the electoral earthquake. Banks collapse on the Cac 40, sales on Telecom Italia on Piazza Affari, Wall Street mixed.
European stock markets are all in the red, with Paris losing over 2% after the calling of early elections. Losses around 1% also in Frankfurt, Milan and Madrid. The spread rises to 140 basis points, the euro weakens. It's…
According to the governor, the euro is "a collective defense clause" - "The euro area is vulnerable to shocks", he said and one of the problems is the lack of "a European banking union"
It was January 1, 1999 when the single European currency was introduced. Initially only virtual, the banknotes and coins arrived three years later. Today the Euro is present in 20 member states and in the lives of 350 million…
With Delors and Schaeuble two pieces of history and two pieces of Europe are gone but above all Delors' ideal and realistic vision will remain in the memory for a long time
The Christmas rally is ending and investors are taking advantage of it - Gold and Bitcoin shine instead - BTP-Bund spread at 160
Thirty years in the Bank of Italy, a strong bond with the former Governors Fazio and Draghi, then the leap to the board of the ECB. Here's everything you need to know about Fabio Panetta, who succeeds Visco at the helm of Via Nazionale
Having concluded the ECB's investigation phase, the process of preparing for the European digital currency now begins. The account will be free and open to all citizens, deposit limit of three thousand euros. Here's when it will be available
Lagarde's words which make one imagine a pause in the rate rise after today's gives a boost to the stock markets and Milan runs, driven by Enel and Prysmian - Euros and spreads fall
Via Nazionale has accepted the challenges offered by innovation and has assumed a role of catalyst to promote system solutions that favor the growth of operators and the development of good innovation
Open modestly higher on European stock exchanges, Nasdaq and Dow Jones finished strongly higher on Wall Street. Asia-Pacific and Emerging Stock Exchanges at highs. Oil and gas prices are recovering
Assiom Forex sees a mostly clear horizon for stock market indices. Having put behind the fears for the banks of the US and Switzerland, now they fear, if anything, that it is excessive monetary tightening that will lead to a devaluation of assets…
All stock exchanges in positive territory both in Europe and in America while the euro strengthens against the dollar - Iveco shines in Milan and Saipem slips - The Nasdaq signals the recovery of US high tech awaiting the…
DLT technology was the protagonist of the seminar of the Assiom-Forex Congress on the role of central banks between innovation of market infrastructures and support for the digital development of the payment and financial industry
Sales day on almost all the stock exchanges in Europe and America but the rumors on the Net give Tim a boost again
The fall in American inflation in line with expectations strengthens the euro and warms up the European stock exchanges more than Wall Street - Iveco, Pirelli and Leonardo shine in Piazza Affari
Speaking in Stockholm, the president of the Federal Reserve does not enter into the merits of the next moves on rates and the markets are breathing - Euro at 7-month high against the dollar
In his last year of office, Governor Visco presents the strategic plan to 2025 of the Bank of Italy which arrives in a phase "that promises not to be easy".
After the disappointments of 2022, the hope of the markets is to repeat the recovery of 2009 and many elements support it. But beware of the always lurking black swans
From 1 January it will be possible to travel to Croatia without having to change currency, go through customs or show your passport. Here's everything you need to know
Price lists are on the rise pending an agreement on the price of gas. Piazza Affari, in line with the other markets, advanced by a good half point over 23.500.
Lagarde raises rates and freezes the markets by announcing, like Powell yesterday, that the monetary tightening will continue in 2023 "at a constant pace" - Quantitative tightening from March The euro rises but the Btp-Bund spread also rises
Today Powell announces the Fed's new rate hike but the market trusts that the tightening will be soft after the drop in inflation - Bonds and euro on the shields
After Germany's accession, Italy remained the only EU country not to have ratified the reform of the ESM which essentially includes three innovations - But not ratifying it would undermine the European credibility of the new government
The BTP/Bund spread has fallen below the 200 basis point threshold since mid-July. The purchases of Btp Italia are flying. Saipem up sharply on new orders. S&P evaluates Italian companies positively
Markets Weaken Awaiting US Labor Market Data, While New Signs of Slowdown Appear in Germany – Gas Falls But Oil Still Rises
The Stock Exchanges rediscover the Bull even if futures predict a pause in the rises today - Sparks on Twitter and Wall Street celebrates Musk's move on Twitter (+22%) - Even Piazza Affari regains confidence
Brilliant Euros and European Stock Exchanges today galvanized by banks and by the new ECB rate increase. Bper completes the Carige operation. The BTPs suffer
After the ECB, the euro strengthens against the dollar and pushes the Milan Stock Exchange above 22.000 points. Fineco and Intesa at the top of the banks. Tenaris and Moncler are also doing well
On the day of the historic rate increase, the European stock exchanges wavered but then turned positive. The euro recovers against the dollar. Wall Street positive after US subsidy data
Gazprom's decision not to restart the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline penalizes European stock exchanges at the start of the session – Volatile session also for bonds
Germany's readiness for a European price cap agreement, conceived by Draghi, cools gas prices and pushes stock markets to attempt a rebound - Buyback by Generali and Intesa Sanpaolo
The landslide of the euro continues, which today is worth less than the dollar - But the stock markets are also frightened by the high price of gas and rising rates
The worsening of the euro-dollar relationship and the rise in gas prices due to the Russian stop send the stock markets into the red and Milan is the worst
The devaluation of the euro, which lost 1,7% during the week, is approaching parity with the R dollar - Today, technical maturities for 2 trillion dollars on derivatives dominate Wall Street
For the "Tpi" shield, no limit on purchases established in advance - The season of negative rates ends more quickly than expected by the markets
On the Ftse Mib, above all, bank stocks and oil companies performed well - Iveco and Stellantis also performed well - Enel bucking the trend due to the detachment of the coupon - Oil on the rise
The stock exchanges recover and Milan rebounds after Thursday's collapse. Stable spread but above 200 euros. Purchases reward cars, tech and energy. Fly Rcs
The new round of US quarterly reports begins on Thursday. Could the impact on guidance and results curb the dollar's run? All the unknowns, questions and answers
Expected an 8,8% price increase, likely a new Fed tightening. Positive start of Amazon's Prime Day. EuroStoxx towards opening in red, Taiwan runs
The winds of recession are still putting stocks under pressure and BlackRock recommends underweighting stock markets. Milan down with Saipem and the banks
European stock exchanges are looking for a rebound at the opening. The recession is worrying and for Nomura it will arrive in the third quarter, dragging the landslide of the euro. UK economy minister resigns
After the collapse of the European stock exchanges and Wall Street on Friday, the financial markets remain in turmoil and accuse Lagarde of the uncertainties on the save-spread shield
From Brussels comes an opening on gas. The no to payments in rubles remains, but after having paid the amount due in euros, companies with a self-certification will be able to consider their obligations fulfilled. Eni opens two accounts at GazpromBank, one in…
A too weak euro threatens to frustrate the ECB's efforts to fight inflation: this is the alarm raised by the governor of the Bank of France, Villeroy
The quarterly accounts of the companies give breath to the Ftse Mib which regains 24 thousand basis points but the spread rises. Meta flies on the Nasdaq (+14%)
Zuckerberg's platform soars after the presentation of the accounts and fuels the fever of social networks - EU anti-Putin sanctions weigh on the euro - The spread widens
Euro sets new 24-month lows. Rates on the rise for the placement of short-term BTPs. Enel's recovery continues in Piazza Affari. Final in red in Shanghai
Benetton's awaited takeover bid opens a poker game on Atlantia: who will respond to Florentino Perez? - Musk's totalitarian offer on Twitter is more turbulent - ECB does not run on rates but the euro falls against the dollar - Markets closed on Friday
INTERVIEW WITH GIOVANNI BARONE ADESI, professor of Financial Theory at the Università della Svizzera italiana - "Watch out for the stock exchanges but also for futures on interest rates and gold, palladium and oil"
Very black Friday for the stock exchanges and in particular for Piazza Affari which lost 5% in the wake of the collapse of Tim and the banks - Euro increasingly weak against the dollar
The euro has gone through four phases of ups and downs, but its horizon has changed since the EU has taken a turn, abandoning austerity policies and launching the Next Generation Eu - The importance of the role of Mario Draghi and…
In the recent conference held at the Milan office of the Bank of Italy, both the Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, Cafiero de Raho, and the Deputy Director of Bank of Italy, Cipollone, highlighted the risks of cryptocurrencies and the urgency of new rules that counter the illegality that can …
At 00.08 on May 3, 1998, the French president Jacques Chirac and the German chancellor Helmut Kohl signed the official act from which the single currency effectively entered into force within a short time
The suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine causes only limited effects on the markets - Not even inflation seems to worry and the yields of T-Bonds prove it - Luxury archives the pandemic - The single currency at its peak - On the go…
A great economist, Nobel Prize winner in economics in 1999 and founder of the theory of optimal currency areas has passed away with Robert Mundell - More than an architect or cassandra of the euro, he was the leading expert on the single currency
The good news on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine puts the European stock exchanges in a good mood, which then lose momentum - In Milan, all eyes are on the two oil stocks which, after the publication of the accounts, go to the top ...
The Tips service created by Bank of Italy that allows you to make instant payments got off to a slow start, but membership has been growing since 2020 - In cooperation with the ECB, via Nazionale is experimenting with the potential of Tips as a possible…
Oil rises, the dollar suffers and the financial markets get nervous - However, the agreement on TikTok is near - At Piazza Affari, all the spotlights are on Tim and Enel, but also on the banks after the Spanish wedding
After Lagarde's statements, the euro strengthens further but the European stock exchanges remain cautious - Piazza Affari is the best stock exchange in Europe - The relaunch of the Nasdaq continues.
The pandemic Qe (Pepp) will continue "until the coronavirus emergency is over" - 2020 GDP estimates have improved, a strong rebound is expected in the third quarter - The euro continues to strengthen against the dollar, ECB: "we are monitoring the changes and the implications…
Japan's Softbank Triggered Nasdaq Boom and Bust by Buying Billions of Dollars of Derivatives - Markets Await ECB Moves to Curb Euro
Piazza Affari opens well then turns red, Tim and banks always in the spotlight - The new Fed line has changed the relationship between currencies and modified the economic and financial scenarios
Powell's intervention changes the relationship between currencies, strengthens Wall Street but not the European stock exchanges and penalizes gold - Tim flies to Piazza Affari and Diasorin collapses
The last trading session of the week remains characterized by subtle trading and few new ideas, but Cnh, Atlantia and Stm lead the rebound
The American Stock Exchange closes the downward season opened by the pandemic in March but has never been so far from the real economy - The usual big names are always flying: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet. They are the ones who make the market
The Coronavirus and the US-China tensions are holding back the markets and the dollar continues to lose ground against the euro - Gold, on the other hand, rises - Without a precise direction, Piazza Affari suffers from the realizations on pharmaceuticals and luxury
The race of the euro against the dollar like that of gold and silver does not stop, but the President of the ECB observes: "The agreement on the Recovery Fund could have been better" and to reserve a greater share for non-repayable aid
The first EU funds are arriving and Wall Street is hoping for new aid - Piazza Affari at its highest level since March - Gualtieri: "The Italian plan in October" - The Benettons confirm Mion at the helm of Edizione Holding
Together with progress in vaccines, Brussels' white smoke on the economic support plan enlivens market day - Today the Ubi board on the relaunch of Intesa for Ops
The FCA Group intends to issue bonds in Euros - Final terms will be determined by market conditions and will be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange
Lagarde does not disappoint market expectations: it strengthens the pandemic Qe and extends it for another six months - Interest rates unchanged - The ECB gives an "energetic welcome" to the Commission's proposal for the Recovery Fund - Spread…
Rates are said to be low. Am I enough? Is monetizing public debt economically and morally unseemly? Exchange rates are moving in obedience to economic events. Stocks look to when the worst is over, but are they right?
Piazza Affari sharply up (+2%) like the other Stock Exchanges, thanks to the boost from oil but also to the positive surprise of Intesa Sanpaolo's accounts - The verdict of the German judges on the ECB, however, weighs on the spread and also on the euro.
The Bank of Japan launches interventions against the Coronavirus and the greater liquidity available awakens the Asian stock exchanges - But will the ECB stay put? - Oil leap in view of OPEC - Today the Pirelli board and tomorrow the…
From 2020st March XNUMX the euro changed our lives by becoming the single European currency - It gave us monetary stability and incredibly low rates even if the absence of a European fiscal and budgetary policy partially…
China in stand-by - Wall Street flat - Utilities save Piazza Affari: Terna and Hera at the top - BTPs are running
The premier in Parliament in view of the weekend European council: "Italy has nothing to fear regarding the Mes". Agreement during the night on the majority resolution and green light from Parliament
Is the darkest phase for the countries of the single currency over? Will the German car crisis continue to act as a ballast? Will Lagarde convince governments with better public budgets to open their purse strings? On these topics and on…
Without Draghi there would have been no more the euro or even Europe - A great lesson: the whole matters more than the sum of the individual parts - Negative rates? They reduced margins but saved banks' balance sheets
The Russian giant has decided to abandon the dollar to try to defend itself against US sanctions: the contracts are now all paid in euros, announced the CEO Igor Sechin
Lvmh and Kering fly in Paris, Moncler and Ferragamo do well in Milan - Tensions within the ECB push the euro to a 2-week high
Piazza Affari tests the extent of the new budget maneuver envisaged by the update of the Def this morning
On the day of the go-ahead for Lagarde's appointment, the Eurotower announces that rates will be able to drop further - The Frankfurt technicians are also studying a new securities purchase plan - Positive reaction from the markets, which however then retreat to…
Giovanni Ferri – full professor at Lumsa, formerly at the Bank of Italy and the World Bank – explains that minibots, in addition to increasing debt, would not work either as currency or as government bonds: their only purpose is…
The enlargement of the EU to 28 members has favored growth in all countries with the sole exception of Italy (for internal reasons). With an additional federal-type budget, equal to 1% of European GDP, 120 billion would be set in motion…
Interview with Luca Paolazzi, economist partner of REF Ricerche and former director of the Confindustria Study Centre
The bizarre idea of the Northern League Borghi to use bots in small denominations as a means of payment and make them almost a second currency in place of the euro further weakens Italy's credibility and could create serious problems on the markets
Brandishing the rosary from the stage of a rally, invoking the immaculate heart of Mary to help the Government or whistling Pope Francis in front of the Cathedral are gestures that divide public opinion but which unfortunately belong to a long tradition like…
To exit the euro it is not necessary for a country to ask for it but it is sufficient for it to adopt anti-European policies and behaviors - such as those of Salvini - which are such as to question its presence in the single currency
On 28 May, the ECB will distribute the new 100 and 200 euro banknotes. Counterfeiters no longer have a chance. They will be more resistant to wear and able to withstand a washing in the washing machine (VIDEO)
The banks push Piazza Affari downwards (-0,79%), among the worst price lists of the day - The strengthening of the dollar sends the euro below the magic threshold of 1,12.
Extreme attempt by Theresa May to avoid a hard Brexit with an agreement with the Labor Party - Fourth consecutive rise in oil while the euro restarts after 8 days of declines - Juncker's alarm on Italy - Galateri confirms in Generali…
The campaign for the European elections in May is light years away from the problems on the table, starting with the convertibility of the Chinese currency into euros and the arbitrage on government bonds of sovereign countries - To face the new…
