Financial repression - official policies that lower artificially a government's cost of borrowing - is likely to play an important ongoing role in liquidating high levels of public debt in advanced...

The question of exactly when the US Fed will start to taper its asset purchases under QE3 has understandably been the focus of much analysis and speculation (including by ourselves). There are six...

The US stock market has performed strongly since the end of August, with the S&P 500 posting a total return of nearly 9%. However, we think the index will struggle to make further headway and forecast...

The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its current policy settings at its Board meeting tomorrow. But in contrast to the US Fed, the question is whether the Japanese central bank will eventually have...