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Inverted yield curve another signal of weaker growth

Some have warned that the recent inversion of the US yield curve signals that a recession is coming, while others have warned against reading too much into the inversion. Our view is that the answer lies somewhere in the middle; we don’t expect a recession, but we do think that the economic outlook is gloomy and expect growth to remain weaker than consensus expectations, particularly in the US.

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