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Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

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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Macro

Macro Digest: Mind the coronavirus risks

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Forex

How to trade the Fed opening the door for a March rate cut

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Quarterly Outlook

Climate and inflation two new priorities for markets

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Macro

Macro Digest: BlackRock flags the climate agenda – be prepared!

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Macro

Everything is perfect

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Outrageous Predictions

OP 2020: Hungary leaves the EU

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Outrageous Predictions

OP 2020: Sweden breaks bad

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Outrageous Predictions

OP 2020: The sudden arrival of stagflation rewards value over growth

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Macro

Macro Digest: The UK General Election finally agreed, Brexit not so much

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

Macro

BREXIT day 1.215 - The day before the day

Steen Jakobsen

Chief Economist & CIO

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