It has become clear over the past couple of days that the global spread of the coronavirus cannot be contained. The spike in reported cases within the US suggests that we are in the early stages of a...

The threat of a coronavirus outbreak in the US is a significant downside risk to the economic outlook. The Fed can do nothing to halt the spread of the virus, but a further tightening of financial...

The recent re-inversion of the Treasury yield curve and the sharp sell-off in equities, due to growing fears that the new coronavirus will develop into a full-blown pandemic, have reignited fears that...