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Because the prevailing theory behind the global slowdown is "trade wars", most, if not all, attention is focused on China. While the correct target, everyone is coming it at from the wrong direction. The world awaits a crash in Chinese exports engineered by US tariffs. It's not happening, at...

Government bond yields started rising again in September, following several months of record-low levels around much of the globe. Only Greece and Italy bucked the trend, with the mid-yield on their 10-year benchmark notes dropping by 22 and 21 basis points to end the month at 1.27% and 0.81%, ...

In The Great Crash of 1929 , John Kenneth Galbraith describes the bezzle, the "inventory of undiscovered embezzlements," that grows in times of rising markets. When the markets collapse, these schemes are exposed and lead to large losses for investors. But Galbraith identified a sweet spot ...

Yields on 10-year government debt continued to decline in August. All of the 18 sovereign markets Tradeweb tracks in its monthly Government Bond Update saw yields fall by more than 10 basis points, with some even hitting record low levels in the process. Leading the pack was the 10-year U.S....

Why are interest rates so low? Here is the 10-year bond yield, by itself and subtracting the previous year's inflation (CPI less food and energy). The 10-year yield has basically been on a downward trend since 1987. One should subtract expected 10-year future inflation, not past inflation, a...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...

By Colin Lloyd Following on from my previous article, " The Pension Fund Apocalypse ," these are just a few of last month's stories. Danske Bank ([[DNSKF]]) of Denmark introduces the first negative 10-year fixed-rate mortgage. The German Finance Ministry voices disappointment at the ...

Elga discusses how conventional and unconventional monetary policy space is limited and rapidly being used up even before central banks respond to the next downturn, let alone a full-blown recession. This is the second in a series of four blogs on the topic of "Dealing with the next downturn....

By Jeffrey Kleintop If Japan represents what the debt and demographic future looks like for many countries, then the future for investors in a world of negative bond yields may lead to more stock market exposure. Japan as the future Japan was the first major country to: Adopt a zer...

Originally published on Aug. 20, 2019 By Philip Lawlor, managing director, head of global markets research The inversion of a widely watched part of the US Treasury yield curve last week has rattled markets already nervous about slowing global growth. Such events warrant attention give...