What does the appointment of the fourth central bank governor in less than two years mean for investors in Turkey? As have we have seen in the press, and to everyone's surprise, last week the Turkish government replaced central bank chairman Naci Agbal, just four and a half months after he took office.
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) and European Central Bank (ECB) are in different positions, where the Fed has eased back on its stimulus while the ECB has kept its purchase programmes going.
According to Frédéric Samama, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at CPR AM, the fact that Central Banks are putting these issues on their agenda sends a signal that all corporates are increasingly evolving into an environment in which these themes are becoming central.
The ultimate public health costs and economic impact of Covid-19
are at this time unknown. Public health responses have weighed the
human cost of intensive care units being overwhelmed and the
number of preventable deaths exploding against the jump higher in
unemployment...
The ECB issued a new impressive 750bn QE program to deal with the Covid-19 virus. The key elements are that it follows the APP (asset purchase programs) and that it is ambivalently stated regarding the key ratio before maturity in that it seems a tad tougher than the previous program, though importantly Greek bonds are part of the program.