Eurozone: Different threats to the region’s financial markets in 2018 - Natixis
|Patrick Artus, Research Analyst at Natixis, suggests that perhaps the euro zone will not face in 2018: An end to share buybacks in the United States or, therefore, a downward correction in share prices, a widening of credit spreads or spreads on bank bonds, an overshooting of long-term interest rates or a resurgence of political risk, but it is important to be aware of these different risks.
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“We set out to take stock of the potential threats to the euro zone’s financial markets in 2018:
- A correction of the US equity market, spreading to European equities. It could result in particular from an end to share buybacks in the United States;
- A correction of credit spreads, which are abnormally low in light of default risk. This correction could be triggered by the end of the ECB’s quantitative easing;
- A strong reaction by bond investors to the beginning of the rise in long-term interest rates, causing this rise to accelerate. This is unlikely in a context of strong demand for risk-free bonds;
- Difficulties for some banks due to a rise in risk premia on bank bonds;
- And, of course, a resurgence of political risk in the euro zone (separatist temptations, Italian elections, difficulties implementing institutional progress, etc.).”
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