Bundesbank says German inflation could exceed 1% by year-end

Yep, fellows, the latest monthly Bundesbank report has a nasty surprise for Mario Draghi and his gang:

http://www.bundesbank.de/Navigation/EN/Publications/Reports/Monthly_reports/monthly_reports.html

And for all fans of High FRequency Trading, here is a nice paper from Bundesbank how HFT is influencing German markets:

http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/...hochfrequenzhandel.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Have fun and short some EURO Bunds! ;=)

Nighthawk

 

How can this possibly be a surprise to anyone, given it's mostly a result of energy base effects?

 

Christ on his throne! How will the Jerries survive?



Guard your wheelbarrow at all times!

 

What would we do without base effects, Martinghoul? Be trapped in deflation? :=)

 

deflation? you mean trapped in inflation, right?

 

No idea... Base effects represent arithmetic reality, so I don't spend a lot of time thinking about life without them.