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The first quarter of 2021 brought what the Asset Allocation Committee expected, and as it looks to the next six to 12 months, it faces two questions. Do we think the economy will overheat, pushing bond yields to levels that unsettle equity markets or even force central banks to stifle...

Companies that are most likely to benefit from economies opening back up will be the most obvious growth driver in 2021. Consumers do a lot of things differently than they did 12 months ago - more online shopping, use of credit and debit cards over cash, and how they watch their favor...

The global trend towards increasing globalization since the 1990s seems to have had two different distributional consequences: income inequality between countries has declined, while economic inequality within countries has increased. However, technological progress has made the bigge...

In the 1990s and 2000s, the world manufacturing production to a substantial extent moved from advanced countries to some developing countries. That resulted from the combination of an increase of the labor supply in the global market economy, trade opening, and technological transform...

According to the most recent Flow Show report issued by BofA Merrill Lynch, $576 billion flowed into global equity funds in the past five months, since November 2020. That’s larger than the $425 billion invested in equity funds for the entire 12 years prior to that. From fundam...

Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms' input costs since 2008. Charges for goods and services both rise at steepest rates in PMI survey history. US sees sharpest price hikes, led by rising prices for consumer goods. For further details see: Global Price Gauge Hits New...

Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...

Global PMI employment index at second-highest since May 2019 as firms seek to boost capacity. Job gains fueled by rising backlogs of work and brighter outlook. Broad-based developed word job market strength contrasts with stalling emerging market employment. For further deta...

Strong global manufacturing production reported in March, but growth stymied by supply constraints. Rising backlogs of work hint at further robust expansion in second quarter. But inflation concerns are fanned by record rise in factory gate prices. For further details see: ...

Recessions wreak havoc and the damage is often long-lived. Productivity has also been affected by COVID-19 disruptions to production networks. Despite higher-than-anticipated growth as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 shock, we expect world output in the medium term t...