Energy prices push up eurozone inflation
‘We could easily see headline inflation surging to 2.5-3%’ one chief economist says
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‘We could easily see headline inflation surging to 2.5-3%’ one chief economist says
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But are their concerns really warranted?
Economies and stock markets have generally been more resilient than expected in the face of repeated lockdowns
Is this a sign that European investors should back away from fixed income?
Discretionary fund managers say asset classes rather than geographies will be the best source of safety if the US unleashes a full-blown trade war.
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Fund managers remain bullish on Japan’s corporate earnings growth as stagnant inflation seems highly unlikely to spur its central bank into unwinding quantitative easing for at least another two years.
During almost a decade of experimental monetary policy from central banks, inflation has been notable by its absence across most economies. With monetary policy beginning to diverge and unemployment falling, will it rear its head again or has it peaked?
Inflation, or the lack of it, especially in Europe, is one of the biggest uncertainties facing the markets in 2018, according to Karen Ward, the new chief market strategist for UK and Europe at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
The US Federal Reserve announced it will begin to unwind its quantitative easing programme in October, and said another rate hike this year is likely despite persistently low inflation.
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.