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Why isn’t high inflation taking a greater toll on the stock market?

US equities have shrugged off this year’s surge in inflation, probably because it has not coincided with either a rise in the real yields of Treasuries or weakness in corporate earnings. We expect a gradual climb in real yields and underwhelming economic growth to hold back the US stock market from here.

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