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Central Bank Buying Marginally Supports Gold
According to BCA Research’s Commodity & Energy Strategy service, as the world splits into East-West trading blocs, the continuing trend of trade fragmentation will challenge the need for a USD-centric monetary system, and will see CBs turn to gold as a…
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Thailand: Will Growth Revive Next Year?

Meager credit growth and shrinking real wages will keep Thai inflation very low in the coming months. The currency will get support from an improving current account surplus. Fixed-income investors should upgrade Thailand from neutral to overweight within EM domestic bond portfolios.

Emerging Markets Strategy by Rajeeb Pramanik
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Is The RBA The Last Hawk Still Flying?

In this Special Report, we take an in-depth look at the outlook for monetary policy in Australia and discuss the impact of an elevated policy rate on the economy. We recommend an underweight country allocation to Australian government bonds and look for opportunities to go long the Australian dollar.

Global Fixed Income Strategy, Foreign Exchange Strategy by Robert Timper, Artem Sakhbiev
The BoC Stands Pat
The BoC kept its policy rate steady at 5% for the fourth consecutive meeting on Wednesday, in line with expectations. In its press release, the BoC maintained that it is ready to keep hiking if deemed necessary. That said, the BoC noted that inflationary…
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RBA Stands Pat
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% on Tuesday, in line with expectations. In her post-meeting statement, Governor Michele Bullock revealed that economic developments since the RBA’s November rate increase have been in…
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October JOLTS Supports The Soft Landing Thesis
The number of US job openings fell sharply in October according to the JOLTS survey, from 9.4 million to 8.7 million. At 8.7 million, job openings are still above the 7.1 million average seen in the two years prior to the pandemic. Viewed in isolation, this…
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Key Views: Geopolitics In 2024

Global instability will continue in 2024 – whatever happens afterward. Slowing economies will exacerbate already high geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty stemming from the US election and foreign challenges to US leadership. Overweight government bonds, defensive sectors, the Americas versus other regions, aerospace/defense stocks, and cyber-security stocks.

Geopolitical Strategy by Yushu Ma, Max Malakhveitchouk, Matt Gertken, Junfei Guo, Jesse Anak Kuri
November Survey Results: Bracing For Recession
In the monthly Daily Insights Survey we conducted over the past week, we asked about our readers’ outlook for the timing of the next US recession, the Fed, and concerns for the global economy in 2024. On the US economic outlook, nearly all respondents…
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The Eurozone's Three Credit Phases In 2024
According to BCA Research’s European Investment Strategy service, European corporate spreads will widen over the coming six months before an attractive buying opportunity emerges in the second half of 2024. 2024 will likely be characterized by three credit…
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Complacency In Credit Markets

Our Portfolio Allocation Summary for December 2023.

US Bond Strategy by Ryan Swift

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