Shift to lower rates unsettling markets

Shift to lower rates unsettling markets

Global growth is slowing as the rebound from pandemic disruptions fades. The US economy was surprisingly strong through 2023, helped by fiscal support and consumers bolstered by plentiful work opportunities, high pandemic savings and the positive wealth effect from...
Global activity endures. Bonds more stretched than stocks

Global activity endures. Bonds more stretched than stocks

Global economic growth is slowing, weighed by declining spare capacity and steady interest rate increases in the US, debt reduction and increased regulation in China and political risks including trade skirmishes that threaten confidence. However, there is enough...