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By Hemant Baijal The first quarter of this year started with expectations of improving global growth and easier financial conditions. It ended with a historic collapse of economic conditions and materially tighter financial conditions in the US, as the coronavirus pandemic spread and i...

Following the longest expansion on record, the global economy is currently plunging into what could easily become one of the deepest but also shortest recessions in modern times. However, business cycle history offers few clues for what is likely to unfold over our cyclical six- to 12-month ho...

By Philip Lawlor, managing director, Global Markets Research Call it a case of first in, first out: Despite the distinction of being the initial epicenter of the now global coronavirus outbreak, China's equity market suffered far less than both the emerging and developed indexes in the ...

On a special, remotely recorded edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Dr. Kara Ng and Research Analyst Brian Yadao discussed the latest coronavirus developments as well as the economic and market outlook going forward. The coronavirus response: Governme...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Every morning, my day begins by discussing the latest developments in the coronavirus fight with my team of strategists on-the-ground in Hong Kong, Italy, London, Tokyo, New York and elsewhere. Today, my weekly blog features several me...

This is a short version of Dr. Steinbock’s COVID-19 briefing on March 16, released as “The Global Coronavirus Contraction” by the World Financial Review (March/April) on March 23, 2020 Despite China's success in containment, the novel coronavirus is exploding in the US...

By Philip Lawlor, managing director, Global Markets Research Despite the huge global stimulus response by policy makers, the downturn in global equity markets has remained sizable since they peaked on February 19. Unsurprisingly, being the new epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, European e...

By John Lin, Stuart Rae As the Greater China region begins to show nascent signs of success in stemming the coronavirus, regional markets have held up better than developed-world markets. With the US and Europe still in panic over the pandemic, we think investors should look at the Chinese...

By Daniel Lacalle In February, the general consensus between large investment banks and supranational entities was that there would be a one-time hit to GDP in the first quarter due to the impact of the coronavirus, followed by a stronger, V-shaped recovery. The IMF expected a modest corre...

By Francis A. Scotland Investors are in full panic mode as COVID-19 morphs into an official global pandemic. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average went from a 52-week high to a 52-week low in 10 days, the fastest reversal ever recorded. The scale of volatility registering across markets refle...