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Originally published March 3, 2020 Widespread fear of the Coronavirus has led to market turmoil and uncertainty, and it is important that the Fed responds accordingly. Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a...

Let's say President Trump is right about the coronavirus "miraculously" fading away as temperatures rise in the Summer. Will things then go back to the old normal of globalization, free trade and finance-driven "growth"? Almost certainly not, because the psychological damage has already be...

By Jeffrey Halley After the strong earthquakes that shook financial markets yesterday, Asia appears to be emerging from the rubble and dust clouds. US equity indices futures, oil, and Asian stock markets are all moving sharply higher in the last hour. The reason for the sharp moves highe...

The spread of COVID 19, volatile financial markets, new historical lows for U.S. bond yields, and a rare intermeeting rate cut by the Federal Reserve made for a highly unusual backdrop for PIMCO's quarterly Cyclical Forum in early March. With uncertainty about whether and when the spread of ...

This blog is part of a special series on the response to the coronavirus. By Gita Gopinath, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at IMF This health crisis will have a significant economic fallout, reflecting shocks to supply and demand different from past crises...

Overview Equities plunged and yields sank as the coronavirus threatens a global recession. The oil price war signaled by Saudi Arabia and Russia aggravates the desperate situation. Equity markets in the Asia-Pacific region slumped 3-7%. The Shanghai Composite was fell 3%. The Nikkei was off ...

It is the senseless things of this world that sometimes knock sense into the high and mighty whose hubris causes them to believe they cannot fall. In this case, the tiny COVID-19 virus (coronavirus) is bringing down a global house of cards long perched to fall - locks, stocks, and barrels of o...

As markets continue to assess the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Templeton Global Macro team shares an update on the economic and market implications, which they say could be more detrimental - and last longer - than many observers previously thought. New information on the cor...

On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman and Head of AIS Business Solutions Sophie Antal Gilbert discussed the latest coronavirus headlines, flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data for February and watchpoints for markets as the U.S. D...

Following a bumpy 2019 for global growth, we see economic momentum recovering in 2020. While the global health crisis adds uncertainty to the economic outlook, we believe the economic and market risks will be temporary. With the cycle extended and recession risks reduced, we favor equities ove...