Global Investment Views - October 2021

Monday 11 October 2021

Global Investment View

Mounting risks, buying time 

Recently, financial markets have had to digest some mixed signals from the US economy (August jobs report and retail sales, latest CPI). The Fed announced a potential tapering, but the overall approach will be gradual and the ‘not enough growth’ narrative will remain dominant. We see two mounting risks in the background. The first relates to China: the summer spread of the delta variant, the renewed regulatory wave, and the Evergrande saga.  Second is inflation in energy and food. 


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