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FT: ECB chief economist warns against complacency over recovery (11/09/2020)
Bloomberg TV: Lena Komileva gives her reaction to ECB President Lagarde’s policy press conference and the latest standoff in UK-EU Brexit negotiations. She speaks to Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg TV (10/09/2020)
FT: ECB to monitor rise of euro after keeping rates on hold (10/09/2020)
FT: ECB to buy up ‘fallen angel’ bonds to cushion euro zone economy - Economists warn over plan to expand €750bn programme to include riskier debts (26/04/2020)
FT Long View: Mind the gap between the markets and the real economy (18/04/2020)
Market Talk Roundup: Coronavirus Removes Safety Net for Investors, G+ Economics Says (09/04/2020)
FT Market Forces: A chasm between Wall Street and economic winter (09/04/2020)
Coronavirus Removes Security of Central Bank Aid, G+ Economics Says -- Market Talk
Investors Must Learn to Reprice Assets After Pandemic -- Market Talk
Sustained Recovery Seen a Long Way Off -- Market Talk
Coronavirus Hit an Already Fragile Economy, G+ Economics Says -- Market Talk
Pandemic Amplifies Cracks in Financial System -- Market Talk
Scope for 'New Level of Entrepreneurship' After Crisis -- Market Talk (09/04/2020)
International Financing Review: Fed launches repo program for foreign central banks (31/03/2020)
Bloomberg TV: Global Economy Set for Battering Not Seen in Decades - The coronavirus pandemic is not a "black swan" so much as "a series of extraordinary events that have opened up several lines of global systemic fragility," according to Lena Komileva, chief economist at G Plus Economics. She speaks to Anna Edwards on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open." (25/03/2020)
FT Market Forces: Softening the blow is not a cure (18/03/2020)
FT Market Forces: A fiscal and monetary prescription (11/03/2020)
FT: Lagarde to confront coronavirus crisis at ECB policy meeting (09/03/2020)
FT: Fed decision to go it alone bucks history of collaboration (05/03/2020)
FT Market Forces: Failing to calm the churning waters (03/03/2020)
FT: Investors seek clues on new thinking as Lagarde launches ECB review (23/01/2020)
FT: ECB’s new faces give investors pause for thought over policy shifts (13/01/2020)
FT: Eurozone economy set to slow further in 2020 — FT poll (26/12/2019)
FT poll: Christine Lagarde expected to change ECB inflation target (22/12/2019)
Bloomberg Surveillance: Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities. Lena Komileva joins Francine Lacqua in London and Tom Keene in New York. (12/12/2019)
FT Market Forces: Jamming the pause button for an extended period (11/12/2019)
Khaleej Times (UAE): Europe needs a fresh shot of ideas to flourish (09/11/2019)
CNBC.com: Sterling falls after Bank of England split on interest rate cut (07/11/2019)
Politico.EU: Lagarde’s political bent leaves critics fearingfor ECB independence (04/11/2019)
FT: ECB vows to hold rates at historic low until inflation picks up (24/10/2019)
Investing.com: Oil Ends Near Flat; Trade War Trumps Kurdish Conflict (08/10/2019)
FTSE 100 finishes higher on Friday as US jobs report brightens the mood (04/10/2019)
Yahoo Finance: Gold Steadies as Powell’s Inflation Quest Offsets Encouraging Jobs Report (04/10/2019)
FT Market Forces: Awaiting a hawkish delivery (17/09/2019)
BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “ECB to do whatever it takes” - Lena Komileva, chief economist and managing director of G+ Economics, discusses what the ECB is likely to do, when interest rates are already negative. "There is a general agreement that the ECB has to follow up on reassuring words with action, a broad range of a blend of action, rates, asset purchases, guidance, a promise to do what ever it takes - again. It's clear that the ECB's toolkit is rather maxed out," she told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.(12/09/2019)
Investing.com: Sterling Struggles to Hold Gains after U.K. Jobs Report (10/09/2019)
Germany’s Boersen Zeitung: “Rezessionsangste schuren Debatte uber Konjunkturstutze / Recession fears spur debate about economic stimulus” Lena Komileva speaks to Germany’s Boersen Zeitung chief economics correspondent Mark Schrörs together with Lucrezia Reichlin, Stefan Kooths, Stefan Schneider and Christoph Schmidt (23/08/2019)
Bloomberg Businessweek: What a Yield-Curve Inversion Really Says About the U.S. Economy. A reliable recession indicator has lost some of its power to predict. (22/08/2019)
FT: Germany confronts growing risk of economic slowdown (13/08/2019)
Bloomberg TV: Komileva Says Wall of Liquidity Is Hitting Capital Markets (17/07/2019)
Investing.com: Forex - Dollar Drops as Commodity Currencies Shine on Rate Outlook (12/07/2019)
WSJ Real-Time Economics Special Edition: U.S. Hiring Rebounds (05/07/2019)
In my closing address to the 2019 #FXBUYSIDE Europe Summit I argued that markets face a web of geo-economic risks:
— Lena Komileva (@komileva) June 17, 2019
- Politics of debt
- Politics of FX
- Politics of protectionism
The war b/n reflationary fiscal deficits & contractionary econ wars will determine the growth outlook pic.twitter.com/rgoN4C0Pff
WSJ Pro: Where Do Markets Go From Here? Rally or Collapse, Warns Economist, From uncertainty to unpredictability, says G+ Economics By Jessica Fleetham (28/06/2019)
Bloomberg TV: Best Place Is in Cash at the Moment, Says G Plus Economics’s Komileva (10/06/2019)
Marketwatch: Why the path for stocks and other markets now depend ‘critically on politics’ (10/06/2019)
Bloomberg News: Stocks Advance, Peso Surges on Mexico Trade Relief (09/06/2019)
CNBC.com: German auto sector could drop as much as 12% if Trump announces tariffs, analyst says (15/05/2019)
Bloomberg TV: We Are in Extremely Binary Markets at the Moment, Says G Plus Economics’s Komileva (25/04/2019)
MarketWatch: How far can stocks rally on dovish Fed? It depends on the data (31/01/2019)
FT Market Forces: A weaker dollar favours risk appetite (31/01/2019)
Bloomberg TV: Komileva, Todd on the Future of Brexit (16/01/2019)
FT Market Forces: Investors in thrall of the market tug of war (07/01/2019)
FT Market Insight: Market challenge for the Fed is just beginning (07/01/2019)