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Just as global economic growth slowed to an 18-month low at the start of 2022 amid rising COVID-19 infection rates, price pressures intensified. Rising inflation is also broad-based geographically. Growth will likely accelerate again globally once the worst of the Omicron wave pas...

China is accelerating efforts to achieve Common Prosperity and implementing other policy initiatives aimed at sustainable growth. We expect 2022 to be a year of rebalancing in the Chinese economy as the government looks to find a balance between supporting economic growth and accelera...

It’s been an incredible couple of weeks in the markets, one in which we’ve seen another hawkish move from multiple central banks, big swings in stocks on the back of earnings, and tensions around Ukraine intensify. Traders will be paying very close attention to incoming ...

Tightened restrictions to fight the Omicron wave have led to a renewed decline in manufacturing production in mainland China, with demand also weakening - notably from export markets. Manufacturing production in mainland China fell in January, according to PMI survey data produced for...

With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Winter Olympics dampening the economic development, mainland China's GDP growth in the fourth quarter 2021 was 4%. The National Bureau of Statistics said mainland China's GDP grew 8.1% in 2021, partly owing to the low base growth of o...

China is trying to reignite its growth engines - but can authorities do it with small and privately owned companies lagging behind? Going by January’s domestic activity gauges, China’s large corporates did relatively well - the respective PMI rose for the second month in...

After years of raising funds through bond issuance to yield-desperate buyers, Chinese property developers are heavily indebted, and since last summer, many have been defaulting on payments to bondholders. Responding to weakness in the domestic economy, the Chinese central bank reverse...

There are several reasons to be constructive about emerging markets (EMs) heading into 2022. Across EMs, positive structural forces remain apparent and are likely to foster fresh investment opportunities. Certain risks could change our overall EM outlook, although they are not in ...

China cannot do what it needs to do monetarily and economically without the yuan weakening. China's economy will and likely already do need lower rates given the effect the property market has on growth. It will also need some sort of QE-type program or at a minimum a significant ...

After reviewing the current year to gain a perspective for 2022, this article summarises the outlook for the dollar, the euro, and their financial systems. And finally, we look at silver, which is set to become the star performer against fiat currencies, driven by a combination of poo...