GIM News and Press, Templeton Global Income Fund Inc. From 03/15/20

As forecast last week, the spread of COVID-19 has generated severe financial market volatility, which was substantially worsened by the breakdown in production discipline within the global energy market, reflecting the stand-off between Russia and Saudi Arabia. This has triggered further sev...

Anyone who is knowledgeable and plain-speaking will tell you that the negative economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak will probably be big, that monetary policy will be of little use to counteract it, and that co-ordination between political leaders and central bankers is both essential a...

By Rob Waldner, Chief Strategist and Head of Macro Research, Invesco Fixed Income A fundamentals-driven correction that may take some time to resolve. Macro impact The spread of the coronavirus globally has continued unabated in recent weeks. The combination of "business as usual" ...

It was as if global markets pulled elements from the 1994 bond market dislocation, 1997's Asian Bubble collapses, the 1998 Russian/LTCM fiasco, and the 2008 market crash - and synthesized them for a week of ridiculous market instability and dysfunction. Thursday was an extraordinary day of g...

When the World Health Organization announced on February 24th that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points or over 10%. In an attempt to contain the damage, on March ...

By Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department This blog is part of a special series on the response to the coronavirus. The global spread of the coronavirus is a human tragedy unfolding across the world. Quantifying the econo...

A number of factors lead us to think the outlook for emerging markets debt ((EMD)) is positive. Last year's performance was clearly above average (primarily driven by falling U.S. Treasury yields, rather than EMD risk premia compression). This year's overall balance of factors looks marginal...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on Feb. 24, 2020. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight re...

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...

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 ...