VPL News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Pacific From 03/23/21

We still favor above-benchmark strategic allocations to China exposures, and see the recent weakness in Chinese markets offering an attractive entry point. The Federal Reserve made clear its commitment to be well "behind the curve" on inflation and wait to see it to materialize. I...

VPL is an interesting option for bulls who have high hopes for the APAC but also have their reasons to steer clear of the Chinese stocks. VPL tracks the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index, a market-cap-weighted one. The index is a part of the FTSE Global Equity I...

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL) - $0.1566.Payable Mar 25; for shareholders of record Mar 23; ex-div Mar 22. For further details see: Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.1566

In the pandemic's aftermath, many countries will have to contend with high public and private debt burdens-possibly too large for some to manage. Many-especially emerging and developing economies-are resorting more to unconventional monetary policies to ease the pressure on banks and ...

In reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak last March, emerging markets (EMs) initially sold off more sharply than developed markets (DMs), but saw a stronger recovery owed to higher commodity prices and robust demand from China. Continued performance in EMs is likely to be driven by a weak...

While we are favorable on the overall outlook for emerging markets (EMs), there is a wide disparity in the pace and stage of their recoveries from economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. While some EMs are still heavily dependent on commodities and exports, technology ha...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

The manufacturing sector in many Asia-Pacific (APAC) economies has shown a significant rebound since September 2020, as lockdown measures have been significantly eased in many nations as domestic pandemics have been stabilized. The IHS Markit Global Electronics Purchasing Managers' In...

The Asia-Pacific region went into this crisis first and many of its economies are emerging from it first as well. This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, ...

Inflation is going to remain relatively well-bounded. We will see a cyclical uptick in inflation this year. But from a longer-term perspective, there isn’t a meaningful risk of inflation breaking out significantly to the upside. Fiscal and monetary support are clearly two aspec...