IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 12/18/19

While sentiment has been at best mixed about the direction of the US economy the past few months, the European economy cannot even manage that much. Its most vocal proponent couldn't come up with much good to say about it - while he was on his way out the door . At his final press confere...

By Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Investors could be in for a bumpy year ahead, according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income CIO Sonal Desai. She emphasizes the importance of separating the facts from the headlines, but also thinks it's a good...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Weekly Market Compass: The UK election and US-China trade deal promise to provide more clarity for businesses next year Two developments last week suggest that we have entered a period of improved economic policy certainty. Both th...

Paix et Prospérité basically hit the trifecta - plus one - last week as there was positive news on trade, monetary policy and Brexit that will benefit the global economy and significantly boost Trump's chances to get re-elected next November. As we have always said, a successful inve...

By Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department; Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Deputy Division Chief in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund Central Bank Digital Currencies ((CBDC)) is a complex ...

By Darren Williams, Guy Bruten Transcript Darren Williams : So, we're moving towards the end of the year. 2020 is almost upon us. What are the key macro themes that we should be looking out for next year? Guy Bruten : Well, interestingly, I think some of the themes that have bee...

By Thorsten Polleit The Austrian business cycle theory offers a sound explanation of what happens with the economy if and when the central banks, in close cooperation with commercial banks, create new money balances through credit expansion. Said credit expansion causes the market intere...

George Soros' (a former partner for 9 plus years) unparalleled success was predicated on his uncanny ability to recognize a new trend before anyone else; add to his position over time often using leverage as long as he believed it was not fully recognized by others, and then selling the positi...

U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing the Federal Reserve (Fed) to consider cutting policy rates below zero in an effort to stimulate growth and weaken the dollar. But his stance is a lonely one, as negative policy rates have largely gone out of style. Global central banks are reconside...

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