Peter Lundgreen

Peter Lundgreen is the founding CEO of Lundgreen’s Capital, the leading independent advisor to Danish municipalities. He is armed with a solid 30-year experience in the finance industry and has been sharing his financial and economic know-how through finance advisory over the past decades. Although based in Denmark, Peter’s expertise transcends the European financial zone and market as he was able to successfully create a high level of proficiency and competency over major global economies and financial markets, particularly in China. Peter Lundgreen is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow him on LinkedIn.

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China Is Ready To Escalate The Trade War

Stats GatePeter Lundgreen

Despite the latest positive signs, no one really knows where the US-China trade war is heading, but neither the global nor China's economy is suffering as much as feared. China's economy currently surprises more positively than negatively, which was probably not the intuitive expectation when considering the consequences of the...

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India flirts with international investors

CEO AgendaPeter Lundgreen

India has apparently considered to issue its first international bond ever, and perhaps the government's grip on the central bank's money box last week was part of the preparations. Back in July, the senior government official Subhash Chandra Garg, from the Finance Ministry of India, mentioned to the press that...

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Inverted US Yield Curve Is Not A Crisis Sign

CEO AgendaPeter Lundgreen

If an investor chooses to invest in the most secure investment in the United States, namely US government bonds, then the investor must determine what maturity (duration) the bonds should have. A number of set parameters can determine the choice, but many will probably include some pragmatic aspects such as...

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European Economies: Hefty Fiscal Policy Will Cheer-Up Investors

CEO Agenda Stats GatePeter Lundgreen

The first graphic speaks its clear language where one can observe that Europe's two largest economies; Germany and the United Kingdom, shine with a negative GDP growth in the second quarter of -0.1 pct. and -0.2 pct., respectively. The fact that the result in UK became that negative surprised some...

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China: About Being A “Currency Manipulator”

CEO Agenda Stats GatePeter Lundgreen

On Monday, the 5th August, the Chinese yuan fell to a new low towards the US dollar, also lower than in 2016 and 2018. Back then, China's central bank, The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC), defended the USD/RMB (or CNY) rate not to rise above 7.0000 by selling US dollars...

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China: Private Consumption In The Lead

CEO AgendaPeter Lundgreen

The details of the Chinese GDP growth in the second quarter reveal that private consumption has boosted growth in China, and is the bulwark against Trump's trade war. The US trade war against China has sent financial markets on roller coaster moves several times during the past 1½ years. Of...

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German Economy Is Balancing On The Edge

CEO Agenda Stats GatePeter Lundgreen

The good news is that the German industrial production increased by 0.3 pct. in May, which was announced on the 8th July. The figure is the monthly change compared to April, and also came back in the positive territory as April resulted in a contraction. Though the majority of economists...

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Central Banks Take Centre Stage In Q3

CEO Agenda Stats GatePeter Lundgreen

When the global financial crisis raged wildly and violently 10 years ago in 2009, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed), Ben Bernanke, stated that he would do everything to save the US economy- it was a landmark statement, with implications that even affects how dominant a position...

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Exciting News From US Central Bank Fed

CEO AgendaPeter Lundgreen

Undoubtedly, the US central bank is considering new economic models that will result in US interest rates staying below the historical average for a long time ahead.