Despite Brexit uncertainty little movement

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Written by Manfred Hübner | 25 March 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

Despite the turbulence surrounding the further development of Brexit and the continuing concerns about the state of the Euro zone economy, investors remain relatively relaxed with regard to euro cohesion. The Euro Break-up Index rose only marginally from 9.8 to 10.1 points.

Mario Draghi continues to have investors well under control when it comes to "confidence in the euro". The central bank's decision to continue supporting the economy with ample liquidity beyond the summer and to nip in the bud any expectations of a tighter monetary policy is apparently being well received by investors. Despite continuing uncertainties about the state of the global and European economies and the drama surrounding Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, this is not reflected in investors' expectations about the stability of the euro.

sentix Euro Break-up Index: Headline Index Euro area and Sub-index Italy

sentix Euro Break-up Index: Headline Index Euro area and Sub-index Italy

Although Italy is still seen as the number one problem child, the sub-index for Italy remains almost motionless at 7.7%. A real uncertainty about the stability of the euro zone would look different. Besides Italy, there is hardly a second trouble spot to be seen after investors have "lost sight" of Greece.

Accordingly, the index for the risk of contagion, at 31.45%, is also at its lowest level since mid-2016.

Background

The sentix Euro Breakup Index is published on a monthly basis and was launched in June 2012. Its poll is running for two days around the fourth Friday of each month. Results are regularly published on the following Tuesday morning. Survey participants may choose up to three euro-zone member states of which they think they will quit the currency union within the next twelve months. Further details on the sentix Euro Breakup Index can be found on http://ebr.sentix.de.

This month’s reading of 10.1% means that currently, this percentage of all surveyed investors expect the euro to break up within the next twelve months. The EBI has reached its high at 73% in July 2012 and touched its low at 6.3% in April, 2018.

The current poll in which more than 1.000 institutional and retail investors participated was conducted from March 21st to March 23rd, 2019.

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