08 November 2015
Posted in sentix Economic News

Sentix captures a significant sentiment swing regarding global economic expectations in November. Neither signs of a seasonal depression of investors’ mood nor a November bias can be traced in the latest sentix data. With the exception of Austria, investors’ economic expectations rise for all major world regions. Of particular significance is the change of economic trend in Asia ex. Japan. Apparently, Chinese administration has been successful in restoring confidence in the potential of the Chinese economy.

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04 October 2015
Posted in sentix Economic News

October has not brought the desired relief for strained economic expectations yet. The western economies follow emerging markets’ negative parameters. The Eurozone, Germany, the US as well as Japan show lower values for all components of the sentix Economic Index. The only glimmers of hope are the emerging markets, as for now they successfully halted the state of free-fall. Investors observe a stabilising process but on low levels across emerging markets. Asia ex Japan, Eastern Europe and Latin America benefit as economic expectations brighten up.

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06 September 2015
Posted in sentix Economic News

In September, the sentix Economic Indices drop significantly driven by strongly falling indicators for Japan and for Asia ex Japan. Against the background of the turbulences in China investors cut back strongly their assessments and expectations regarding these regions' economies. Furhermore, the rest of the world enters the maelstrom. While for Latin America and Eastern Europe ever darker clouds gather now also the economic expectations for the hitherto stability anchors, the US and the euro area, fall markedly.

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09 August 2015
Posted in sentix Economic News

Despite the increasing confusion surrounding the fate of Greece the composite index for the euro zone rises in July. While investors’ 6-month expectations remain about stable, their assessments of the current situation improve significantly. This constellation signals that market participants already behave as if the euro area was in a boom! In addition, the strong rise of the US index stands out. At the same time, though, the picture for the emerging-markets regions gets ever cloudier which, all in all, points to a world economy losing further steam.

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