Circa Luca Ruggeri

Senior Fellow at the Centro Studi Machiavelli. A graduate in Economics, he worked for over twenty years at a large Italian bank and currently serves as a general manager at an institutional investor.
24 Mar 2026

L’asta dei Bund deserta: si incrina il mito del “porto sicuro” tedesco

Di |2026-03-24T10:50:12+01:0024 March 2026|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , |1 Commento

L’asta parzialmente deserta dei Bund non è spiegabile solo con la volatilità provocata dalla guerra nel Golfo: segnala il lento declino dell’immagine della Germania come economia “granitica” e low-debt. Berlino sta aumentando massicciamente l’emissione di titoli per infrastrutture e spesa militare, perdendo il vantaggio di costo sui mercati rispetto a emittenti più remunerativi come gli USA. L’Europa appare senza chiare ancore finanziarie; l’Italia, con governo stabile e conti prudenti, viene invece premiata dai mercati.

12 Feb 2026

Africa, “…eppur si muove”

Di |2026-02-12T14:16:45+01:0012 February 2026|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , , , , , |0 Commenti

Il rapporto S&P "African Sovereign Ratings Outlook 2026: Positive Momentum Stabilizing" (febbraio 2026) evidenzia un quadro misto per l'Africa. Outlook positivo ma meno marcato rispetto al 2025, con rating medi al livello più alto dal 2020 grazie a riforme, crescita stabile (~4-5%), inflazione bassa, prezzi materie prime favorevoli. Resta l'incognita del debito, che continua ad aumentare, anche per l'interventismo economico cinese.

21 Feb 2024

China's economy, the end of a narrative

Di |2024-02-21T12:15:53+01:0021 February 2024|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , |0 Commenti

The Chinese economy appeared to be launched to conquer the world. But numerous signs seem to herald a coming stagnation, particularly with regard to foreign investment.

14 Dec 2023

Hamas plays the stock market? Suspicious transactions on the eve of the attack

Di |2023-12-14T13:07:31+01:0014 December 2023|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , , |0 Commenti

Anomalies in the financial markets suggest financial maneuvers informed in advance of Hamas' attack on Israel. This raises concerns about the possibility of terrorist organizations exploiting their military actions to finance themselves by playing on the fluctuations in the stock market that they themselves cause.

4 Jul 2023

What the Finance note says about the ESM

Di |2023-07-04T14:18:37+02:004 July 2023|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , , , , |0 Commenti

The Finance Ministry note adds nothing to what is already known about the ESM while it fails to discuss some very problematic aspects of the reform including the impact on the sustainability of Italian debt. In fact, the reform puts Italian public debt at the mercy of European Fund declarations.

27 Apr 2023

China has become a lender of last resort

Di |2023-04-27T12:31:53+02:0027 April 2023|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , |0 Commenti

China has assumed the role of lender of last resort to several countries, in effect creating its own financial system that competes with the activities hitherto carried out by the U.S. and the IMF.

17 Feb 2023

The role of VIEs in China's financial market

Di |2023-02-17T13:11:04+01:0017 February 2023|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , , |1 Commento

Chinese companies, especially technology companies, extensively use VIEs, typically based in tax havens including the Cayman Islands, to raise foreign capital, including through listing in the U.S. and Hong Kong.

2 Jan 2023

Sometimes they come back: the ESM reform and the Italian dilemma

Di |2023-01-02T15:25:34+01:002 January 2023|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , , , , |1 Commento

The ratification of the ESM treaty amendment is one of the "hot" topics of the Meloni government. Let us therefore take stock of the situation, trying to make the picture more intelligible than the considerable degree of confusion that seems to reign on the matter.

29 Aug 2022

Turkish quirks. How Erdogan is screwing up his economy.

Di |2022-08-29T15:24:33+02:0029 August 2022|Categories: Commenti e opinioni, Economia e Società|Tag: , , , |0 Commenti

Turkey is a transformative country with a deficit trade balance that is in extreme need of dollars to pay for imports and the debts of its companies, but the lira's defense in the foreign exchange markets has depleted its currency reserves without halting the Turkish currency's continuous devaluation.

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