The growing sense of market panic evident in the sharp declines in equity prices and the strong rally in US Treasury bonds over the past week is hard to square with the solid outlook for US economic growth. We would still argue that the declines in oil prices and long-term interest rates will provide a net boost to real US GDP growth, even after allowing for the sell-off in stock markets.
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