The Week That Was in Europe Klaus Adam & Dirk Schumacher

Euro Area inflation has been rising, but bond yields remained surprisingly low. We discuss what's behing this with Natixis interest rate strategist Jean-Christoph Machado.

We discuss the main features of the "treaty" agreed between the new German coalition partners (Social Democrats, Greens & Liberals) and also the latest Euro Area macro data .

We discuss whether a reversal of high private sector savings rates will generate demand pressures and fuel further inflation. We also summarize the latest Euro Area macro data.

We discuss with Stanford Professor Hanno Lustig about what makes assets safe, reviewing some of the problematic features in the setup of safe assets in the Euro Area.

We discuss the latest European macro data and indicators that allow assessing the tightness of the Euro Area labor markt and the potential for future wage pressures.

We discuss the latest European macro data and interview energy expert Joel Hancock (Natixis) about the drivers and the outlook for the oil and gas markets in Europe.