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European government bonds experience unusual volatility in the start of the year. Over the past 12 months, the yield on 10-year German Bunds fluctuated within a range of 2.08% to 2.66%. The past week saw a sharp surge, however, with the 10-year yield jumping from 2.38% on 28 February to 2.93% on 12 March. Following snap elections on 23 February 2025, the CDU and CSU entered exploratory talks with the SPD,

‘There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.’ This quote from Lenin comes to mind in view of the recent upheavals in the world caused, directly or indirectly, by Donald Trump. In recent weeks, there have been changes not seen for decades.

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Sometimes the course of history changes in the blink of an eye. It is not easy for observers to keep up with such sudden changes. The same goes for investors in the capital markets. Even a cursory glance at index levels at the end of February shows a 180-degree turn in market sentiment shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration. While the predominance of the US in the capital markets was still unchallenged at the beginning of the year, the first decrees of the new administration changed the wind more sharply than expected.

ODDO BHF appoints Isabel Jahn as Global Head of Human Resources and member of the General Management Committee (GMC), as of April 1, 2025. Isabel Jahn will be responsible for all personnel matters and HR activities within the Group, and will divide her time between the various sites.

The reopening of the global economy following the 2020 lockdowns triggered a surge in inflation, prompting nearly all central banks to respond by raising their interest rates. Some emerging markets reacted as early as 2021—most notably in Latin America and Eastern Europe—while the United States and Western Europe followed suit in 2022. Two notable exceptions were China and Japan

Is Germany once again the "sick man of Europe"?, economics columnist Martin Wolf in an article for the Financial Times in the summer of 2024. In the election campaign ahead of the early Bundestag elections on 23 February, the question is becoming a hot topic again. In its economic outlook from January 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a decline in German GDP of 0.3 per cent in 2023 and a further decline of 0.2 per cent in 2024.

On the morning of October 4, 1957, the world awoke to shocking news: the Soviet Union had beaten the United States in the race to space. The surprise was so profound that the launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, became a defining moment in history.