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Retirement of baby boomer generation heralds shift to fixed income
Developed countries are facing up to large demographic imbalances as the baby boomer generation retires and pensioners live ever longer. As baby boomers leave employment and shift savings into new vehicles...
William Cunningham, head of global credit strategies at State Street, believes private sector deleveraging and the rise in public sector borrowing will continue, to the benefit of corporate bond investors....
Action by governments and central banks around the world has sparked fears of currency and trade wars. Already, the fault lines between the emerging and developed worlds are at risk of being prized further...
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Historic gilt lows reflect improved debt outlook, but growth fears remain...
New lows in gilt yields following last week's spending review have been seen by some analysts as a vote of confidence in the UK government's austerity plans. Other observers, however, say they reflect something else entirely.
An indicator of sovereign risk
Certain EU officials have been vocal in their criticism of the sovereign credit default swap market for its supposed contribution to a rise in borrowing costs for some European countries. However, analysis from Hungary’s central bank suggests CDS spreads...
Growth in Bric nations may not help global economy
Analysts fear that GDP growth leading to greater consumer demand in the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China will not necessarily feed through to developed nations.
The consequence of government debt reduction strategies: Toby Nangle...
The likely methods that G-7 governments will employ to tackle their public deficits and introduce debt sustainability may end up diminishing their influence on the world economy.
Advanced economies risk slipping into Japan-style 'lost decade'
Analysts have expressed concern that advanced economies in the West are slipping inexorably towards an extended period of deflation and low growth reminiscent of Japan’s infamous ‘lost decade’ of the 1990s. Credit reports on the steps US and European...
Economists fear Fed lacks the weaponry to fight off double-dip
Growth in the US economy has slowed amid a series of troubling economic indicators, raising fears of a second leg of the recession. The Federal Reserve and other government agencies maintain they still have the weapons in their armoury to tackle such...
Policy errors pose biggest risk to investors, says State Street's Cunningham...
Federal Reserve measures to boost economic growth pose the biggest risk to continued growth and to rational markets, says William Cunningham, global head of fixed income research at State Street.
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