All US Federal Reserve articles
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: bond markets ready to absorb record issuance
Sentiment remains upbeat, despite weakness in the US job market and uncertainty about Venezuela
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AnalysisChart watch: oil price, German construction PMI, Chinese consumption
Markets remain relatively unfazed by recent geopolitical events, thanks to the loose financial conditions globally
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AnalysisMacro focus: debasement and fiscal dominance
The price of gold and other precious metals will continue to soar next year, as investors shift focus away from currencies
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: markets shrug off the uncertain macro picture
The rising unemployment rate suggests all is not well in the US economy, but the rest of the world – namely China – is getting on with it
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: Global economies slow despite increasing tariffs clarity
The global fixed income outlook remains mixed, with strong economic headwinds despite fading fears of the AI bubble bursting
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AnalysisChart watch: Buffet Indicator, inflation expectations, gloomy German corporates
Manufacturing is expanding in the US, bond market volatility is lower, but sentiment is deteriorating in Germany, the UK and China
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: US heads for soft-landing
The US economy is on course to avoid a recession, thanks to the Fed’s clever tactics, but the effects of tariffs have yet to feed through
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AnalysisChart watch: US dollar down 10% YTD, China faces deflation, Europe and EM rejoice
As domestic macro imbalances reach record highs, the economies of the US, China and euro-zone diverge
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: markets in wait-and-see mode as US job markets stall
Investors are desperate for clarity on how tariffs will affect exporters and importers to the US
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: uncertainty sends US stocks out of sync with bonds and currencies
Tariff-led recession fears have eased, supporting risk assets, but bond and currency markets are in ‘wait-and-see’ mode
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AnalysisChart watch: positive US GDP forecasts overshadowed by tariff unpredictability
Economists expect a benign macroeconomic environment, but all is predicated on the fickleness of US policy
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market equities: investors grapple with peak political risk
As billions of people head to the polls in 2024, how will politics influence flows to emerging market equities?
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Breaking the banks
Pension funds should ally themselves with activist investors to break up the hegemony of large banks
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NewsDanish FSA deems financial sector risks more uncertain, says inflation may last longer
Financial watchdog highlights its efforts to ensure robust pension sector in the face of greater uncertainty about risks.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Time to start rebalancing portfolios
A whiff of ‘stagflation’ – meaning an economic slowdown accompanied by higher inflation – could soon be wafting into financial market
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DACH pension funds prepare for potential inflation hike
SBB expects inflation to rise over the next one to two years but to a limited extent, while interest rates will level off at a slightly higher level than today
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Federal Reserve joins peers working on greening the financial system
NGFS also publishes analysis on central banks’ adoption of responsible investment practices and on monetary policy operations and climate change
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COVID-19 roundup: $2.3trn Fed package, TPR auto-enrolment update
A weekly roundup of select COVID-19-related policy and market developments
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NewsWellcome Trust warns of slowdown after 6.9% return
‘The portfolio has performed well in challenging macro circumstances’
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Chart of the Week: How Europe’s pension funds performed in H1
Double-digit investment performance has not lightened the mood as Dutch pension funds face benefit cuts and others warn of turbulent times ahead
