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Henry Curr is the economics editor for The Economist magazine, and the author of a special report by the magazine on the phenomenon of low inflation now facing the global economy. Henry joins Macro Musings today to outline this report and the big questions surrounding low inflation. Dav...

It is a widespread belief that developed world sovereign bonds are the least risky asset available to investors. Governments have mastered the art of printing money without creating inflation and thus sovereign bonds are a "risk-free" investment. Of course, inflation has been falling for for...

Here are some things I think I think about Ray Dalio's provocative piece titled "The World Has Gone Mad and The System is Broken" . So…Ray Dalio wrote a short piece that is getting A LOT of attention. It basically implies that asset prices are insanely overvalued and the markets are ...

There is virtually nothing with yield in the public markets that exists any longer. This has all been engineered by the world's central banks as the nations they represent cannot afford their budgets or social programs. So, they turned to their central banks to make "Pixie Dust" money and then...

By Hemant Baijal , Head of Multi-Sector Portfolio Management, Global Debt Senior Portfolio Manager; Meral Karasulu , PhD, Director of Fixed Income Research, Global Debt Team The weakness in manufacturing and trade made the global economy lose momentum, but the Global Debt Team s...

We believe one of the most attractive features of emerging markets debt, from a portfolio construction perspective, is the diversification potential it can provide. Within emerging markets debt, local currency bonds have historically provided the greatest diversification benefit compared to U....

By J. Patrick Bradley Introduction Fall is a great time to visit the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and it also marks the time when the Institute for International Finance ((IIF)) holds its annual membership meeting, as well as the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund ...

Originally published on October 24, 2019 By Robin Marshall, Director Bond Research, Research & Analytics When Japanese interest rates first fell towards zero, the Japanese government yield curve steepened sharply as it was assumed temporary, and that interest rates and bond yields ...

It's no longer just me using terms like "Armageddon, crisis, devastating, chaos, Great Depression;" it's leaders of the world's most august and conservative central banks. The big banking squeeze that began in September never went away. In fact, repo auctions last week looked worse than ever...

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...