Capital Daily Oil-supply disruptions pose a threat to the US stock market History suggests that large disruptions to oil supply, which a proposed ban on imports of Russia’s oil would probably represent, could weigh heavily on the US stock market. Drop-In (8 March, 10:00 EST... 7th March 2022 · 7 mins read
UK Economics Flattening gilt yield curve another signal of weaker growth The 10-year/2-year gilt yield curve is closer to inverting than at any point since March 2020, supporting our view that GDP growth will slow this year. And while a yield curve inversion isn’t a good... 7th March 2022 · 3 mins read
Capital Daily War concerns may not sustain the rally in US Treasuries The February US employment report released earlier today serves as a reminder of the current strength of the US economy and, in our view, keeps the Fed’s policy tightening plans on track. So, although... 4th March 2022 · 7 mins read
FX Markets Weekly Wrap War in Ukraine creating new trends in FX markets The war in Ukraine has generated two clear effects in FX markets: the European currencies most immediately exposed to the war and its economic fallout have fallen against the US dollar, while most... 4th March 2022 · 9 mins read
Global Markets Update How the war in Ukraine is challenging our views This Update discusses three ways in which the outbreak of war in Ukraine has called into question our asset allocation views. While the situation is fluid and the outlook especially uncertain, it also... 4th March 2022 · 6 mins read
Europe Chart Pack Ukraine war stokes inflation, reduces growth The war in Ukraine has prompted us to revise our forecasts for euro-zone GDP, inflation and monetary policy. Russia’s downturn in 2015 had no obvious impact on euro-zone GDP and Russia has become less... 4th March 2022 · 12 mins read
Emerging Europe Economics Weekly Russia plunges into economic & financial turmoil Russia has fallen into chaos and we’ll get a clearer sense next week of the impact that sanctions are having on the economy. A dollar bond repayment by Gazprom on Monday will be a litmus test of the... 4th March 2022 · 7 mins read
FX Markets Chart Pack The Russia-Ukraine war and currency markets The dollar has generally strengthened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while European currencies have generally been the hardest hit by the war. But unlike in most risk-off episodes, the currencies... 4th March 2022 · 6 mins read
Global Markets Update Lessons from past conflicts and crises The onset of other major conflicts and military-related crises have often seen global equity indices tumble, while moves in developed market government bond yields have depended on how energy prices... 4th March 2022 · 4 mins read
DM Markets Chart Pack Some signs of strains in markets but no panic yet In light of the growing economic and financial fallout from the war in Ukraine, this publication takes stock of the various signs of stress across the global financial system. We intend to update the... 3rd March 2022 · 9 mins read
Bonds & Equities War-induced rally in DM bonds may not be sustained While the war in Ukraine may well push down the yields of long-dated developed market government bonds further in the near term, we think that a sustained rally in bonds is unlikely unless the war... 2nd March 2022 · 4 mins read
UK Economics Recent falls in gilt yields likely to prove short-lived While gilt yields could drop further if the war in Ukraine escalates much further and/or it becomes clear that it is significantly reducing economic activity in the UK, at the moment we think gilt... 2nd March 2022 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily Global markets look nervous, but not panicked (yet) A few cracks have begun to emerge in global financial markets which, until recently, seemed to be taking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine broadly in their stride. 2nd March 2022 · 5 mins read
Capital Daily Path to sustained rally in DM government bonds is narrow While the war in Ukraine has finally triggered a big drop in developed market sovereign bond yields today, we think the likely inflationary impact of the war limits the scope for a sustained rally in... 1st March 2022 · 7 mins read
Global Markets Update Russia’s financial markets staring into the abyss New sanctions on Russia have led to a sharp plunge in the ruble, and an effective freeze of most of the country’s financial markets. We think that the outlook now depends mainly on the extent to which... 28th February 2022 · 4 mins read
Capital Daily Making sense of the equity market’s resilience so far Aside from Russia, most major global financial markets have, perhaps surprisingly, taken the invasion of Ukraine largely in their stride. Given the huge uncertainty around the conflict and the... 28th February 2022 · 7 mins read