Steen Jakobsen
Chief Economist & CIO
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RT @VisualCap: Sustainable Investing: Debunking 5 Common Myths 📈 See all in this infographic: https://t.co/LzXps1jKkC https://t.co/KEwiZYV…
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RT @jessefelder: NEW POST: ‘You Better Be Careful And Keep Your Eyes Open,’ Part Deux https://t.co/SCEODriyXi https://t.co/MCpT3YrW8Q
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RT @jessefelder: "We’ve got a 5% budget deficit coupled with the lowest real rates that you can image with the economy at full employment.…
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RT @biancoresearch: The 2019 deficit to GDP ratio was 4.6% (or $1 trillion/year). This is the largest PEACE TIME LATE-CYCLE ratio in Ame…
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RT @LizAnnSonders: First decline in productivity in nearly 4 years, & largest rise in labor costs in nearly 6 years https://t.co/1QLeSDBH7q
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RT @fermatslibrary: John Moffat 1) Started as a painter 2) Learned relativity borrowing books from the local library (even exchanged letter…
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RT @LiveSquawk: PRESS RELEASE: Fed Chair Powell’s Testimony On ‘The Economic Outlook’ Before the Joint Economic Committee, US Congress, Was…
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RT @LaMonicaBuzz: Markets flat. No major surprises from Powell. Inflation still below target. Economic expansion to continue. Labor market…
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RT @sdypbuktkallman: Well, what do you know. OECD’s leading economic indicators seem to be corroborating the year-end macro head fake https…
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Big sacrifices are the only way SA will be saved, says Michael Sachs - must read https://t.co/TzHFBRhLia
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RT @caixin: After two bank runs in two weeks, top China regulators moved to defuse jitters, citing the role of false online rumors and decl…
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J-burg 2 give talk to our partner @StandardBankZA Macro 2020: Last Chance Saloon. Conclusion: Risk USDZAR is 20.00.… https://t.co/Xc0wKcyTxE
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RT @tracyalloway: The new Odd Lots is out and it’s a big one! Zoltan Pozsar walks me and @TheStalwart through what caused the repo market t…
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RT @TeddyVallee: China M1 3.3% YoY, 3.4% last. China no longer helping the world out.
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Interesting ESKOM deemed too big to fail by African Development Bank - could be game changer for risk in SA.... https://t.co/tocbqZMT4e
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RT @YahooFinance: Apple TV+ is now live — Here's how it compares to Disney+, HBO Max, Netflix, and others https://t.co/biO4Zf9F1n by @Danie…
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RT @slangwise: Everything's fine... except maybe these 20 things https://t.co/eWD7omQnh0 https://t.co/Xzs1nfTL7C
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RT @DiMartinoBooth: @FactSet reports that with 89% of S&P 500 firms having reported Q3, the -2.4% eps being tracked & 3.2% revenue growth…
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RT @next_china: The Trump administration's idea of limiting U.S. capital flows into China is a "terrible idea," former aide to Treasury Sec…
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Christine Lagarde faces ECB council push to overhaul policymaking via @FT Seems ECB ready to leave its autocratic p… https://t.co/meo1PJQ2sK
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RT @AndreasSteno: Fed QE usually heals everything for a while, but is the Fed actually running QE4? We would argue that it will be proven…
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Important message - Spain now entering the populist agenda in earnest ......again as they have chosen to ignore the… https://t.co/EAQMHyTNlg
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RT @exp_economia: Resultados #eleccionesgenerales10N el PSOE se mantiene, el PP sube, Vox se dispara y Ciudadanos se hunde, con el 82% escr…
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RT @jitorreblanca: First takeaways from Spanish election: Sanchez bid fails. Socialists get stuck. Ciudadanos almost extinguishes. Radical…
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RT @EuropeElects: Spain: follow our Live Blog with coverage of tonight's general election! Polls, analysis and provisional and final result…
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Early results show Socialists ahead in Spanish election and far-right surging but no exit to nation's political deadlock.…
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RT @BBCkatyaadler: Exit polls in Spain suggest gains for far right Vox party-predicted but not realised in last election. Catalan separatis…
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From my 2020 Macro Outlook: Last Chance Saloon - Fed balance panic still means zero-bound most likely despite recen… https://t.co/PSPZydSYZS
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From my 2020 Macro Outlook: Last Chance Saloon - Yield curve been leading US$ https://t.co/NDrqR7aeah
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From my 2020 Macro Outlook: Last Chance Saloon - Fed added liquidity in panic is that "good" or "bad"? https://t.co/bW2lAu1Ojx
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From my 2020 Macro Outlook: Last Chance Saloon - Fed balance sheet "saved the day", but will it last? https://t.co/5ct4LpIEyK
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RT @fermatslibrary: A demonstration of the conservation of angular momentum using a Hoberman sphere. Angular momentum depends on the rotati…
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RT @NorthmanTrader: You do all realize you can just copy and paste the exact same headlines from a year ago and just replace the dates... h…
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The risks behind foreign banks’ dollar funding https://t.co/cTCpqc6xo3 via @FinancialTimes
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RT @SkyNews: Incredible footage has emerged showing South African rugby fans playing catch with a beluga whale near the North Pole 🏉🐋 For…
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RT @johnjhardy: Today's Market Call podcast - trade deal wobbles, pivotal intermarket levels, AUD focus in FX -> https://t.co/t78aYy2jUl $$
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Japan to launch first economic stimulus since 2016 https://t.co/eTtOuBrY2o via @financialtimes
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RT @marcorubio: One way or another our #HongKong Human Rights & Democracy Act will be on the Senate floor very soon. I understand we have…
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RT @PeterSchiff: The Fed's balance sheet grew by another $19.6 billion last week, bringing the 8-week rise to over $270 billion. The Fed's…
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RT @EdwardLawrence: Peter Navarro on Lous Dobbs “There is no agreement at this time to remove any of the existing tariffs as a condition of…
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RT @EdwardLawrence: Chinese trade sources: #China wants all tariffs rolled back as phases of the #trade deals are completed. Those sources…
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RT @saxobank: The market is celebrating an apparent breakthrough in #US-China trade talks, but may have thoroughly priced in the news at th…
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RT @johnjhardy: Today's Market Call podcast now out - talking with @petergarnry on US-China trade deal news and sounding a couple of notes…
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RT @Birdyword: A man who is tired of Softbank slide decks is tired of life https://t.co/GBiCS4eq8N
About Steen Jakobsen
Steen Jakobsen first joined Saxo Bank in 2000 and has served as both Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer since 2009. He focuses on delivering asset allocation strategies and analysis of the overall macroeconomic and political landscape as defined by fundamentals, market sentiment and technical developments in the charts.
With more than 25 years of experience within the fields of trading and investment, Jakobsen is a highly renowned and respected Chief Economist, who regularly appears as a guest host on CNBC and Bloomberg News. Prior to joining Saxo Bank, he worked with Swiss Bank Corp, Citibank, Chase Manhattan and UBS. He also served as Global Head of Trading, FX and Options at Christiania (now Nordea).
Steen Jakobsen first joined Saxo Bank in 2000 and has served as both Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer since 2009. He focuses on delivering asset allocation strategies and analysis of the overall macroeconomic and political landscape as defined by fundamentals, market sentiment and technical developments in the charts.
With more than 25 years of experience within the fields of trading and investment, Jakobsen is a highly renowned and respected Chief Economist, who regularly appears as a guest host on CNBC and Bloomberg News. Prior to joining Saxo Bank, he worked with Swiss Bank Corp, Citibank, Chase Manhattan and UBS. He also served as Global Head of Trading, FX and Options at Christiania (now Nordea).
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Steen Jakobsen
Chief Economist & CIO
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Steen Jakobsen
Chief Economist & CIO
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