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Even after a series of financial failures that have sent depositors running for the hills, it’s a good time to be a big U.S. bank. But maybe it’s also a good time to be a small bank. For those sitting in the middle, it’s the worst of all worlds.

Inflation in the U.S. has slowed to 5% from 6% a year earlier, but monthly increases in non-food and energy prices continue to be stronger than desired, justifying the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates again in May.

As people grow weary of the recession – stop fretting about their financial well-being and start spending more money again – might there not be IPO fatigue?

Since the peak, which was well above the pre-pandemic trend, the volume of retail sales has declined and is now well below. The decline accelerated in 2022, and the start of 2023 shows no break in this trend yet.

The Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded 57 transactions in the first three months of 2023, representing a repeat of the deal volume observed during Q1 2022.

Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. rose 236k in March, above the consensus of 230k. The data for the previous two months were revised downward by 17k, while the increase in private sector payrolls was weaker than expected (218k) at 189k.

Euro area consumer price inflation fell to 6.9 percent year-on-year in March 2023, its lowest level since February 2022.

The economy is undoubtedly in a volatile phase right now, as evidenced by the confusing recent first quarter survey data. The PMI (which rose from 52 to 54.1 in March) was much more optimistic than the economic sentiment indicator, which fell from 99.7 to 99.3 this month.

Brent price dropped around 9% since the beginning of 2023, but price decline over the past 12 months is already exceeding 30%. Taking a look at the whole post-pandemic recovery move, crude prices currently trade near a midpoint.