A quiet farewell

Written by Manfred Hübner | 28 October 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

The term of office of ECB President Mario Draghi was dominated by the struggle for the stability of the euro area. While the ECB was still confronted with serious doubts about stability in 2012, the situation has changed significantly to this day. The sentix Euro Break-up Index is close to its all-time low.

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Draghi does it again

Written by Manfred Hübner | 30 September 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

The ECB's decision to revive the bond purchase programme is probably one of the reasons why the euro break-up risk was further reduced in September. The overall index for the euro zone fell to 6.5%, its lowest level since April 2018. The sub-index for Italy also fell sharply to just 4.7%.

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Latent residual risk

Written by Manfred Hübner | 27 August 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

Despite the uncertainties about the development of the Euro zone economy and the approaching Brexit, investors are relatively unaffected in terms of Euro stability. The sentix Euro Break-up Index remains almost unchanged at 9.0 points. However, the index for the risk of contagion shows that a return of the Euro uncertainty is still not averted.

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Risk of contagion continues to decrease

Written by Patrick Hussy | 29 July 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

In Euroland, summer rest begins. Following the European elections and the filling of government positions in the EU, Italy has also recently brought some relief. This is reflected in the Euro Break-up Index, which at 8.9 points once again falls below the 10 percent threshold. The easing is even more visible in the index, which measures the risk of contagion. This one marks a new three-year low.

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Italy annoys investors

Written by Manfred Hübner | 02 July 2019
Posted in sentix Euro Break-up Index News

Uncertainty about the stability of the euro zone is on the rise again. This is entirely due to Italy and the Italian gov-ernment's policy not to adhere to the EU Commission's budget targets. The Italian sub-index rose to 8.2% from 6.2%, the highest level since November 2018.

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