Dal Contagio al Contango: impatto del Covid-19 sui mercati a termine delle commodities

I contratti a termine negoziati su mercati regolamentati e scritti su asset tangibili (i.e. “commodity futures”) inglobano nel prezzo l’eventuale costo di stoccaggio della materia prima sottostante. Il nuovo virus identificato come “Covid-19” continua ad esercitare pressioni degne di nota sui mercati finanziari. Nello specifico, i prezzi del petrolio (e – con un effetto meno […]

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Joint Contribution for the ECB-MC Model

“Policy models cannot be expected to have the same tight structure as theory models. […] Different classes of macro models are needed for different tasks.” (Olivier Blanchard)   During the Annual Research Conference organised by the ECB on the 25th and 26th of September 2017, Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, held the opening speech. The meeting, […]

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Repopulating the Repo market

At the end of December 2016 the European Repo market experienced an unprecedented level of volatility and dislocation, raising worries over the stability of the whole European Money market. During the trading day of December 28th the repo-rate for specials of several ‘core’ government bonds (including Germany, France, Belgium, Netherland and Austria) tightened to record-low […]

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