Recovery will be challenging and lengthy

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Recovery from the pandemic recession is in progress around the world. It’s well underway in China and parts of Southeast Asia and getting a good start in the Eurozone and

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Recovery optimism: COVID-19 and the shortest recession on record

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COVID-19 has severely disrupted the world’s economy, plunging it into the worst recession since 1930 and putting an end to the longest economic uptrend in history. According to the National

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The COVID-19 recession is here – what next?

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A unique recession  “This recession is unique in that it’s deeper, with a much bigger loss of GDP: We’re not visiting restaurants, gyms, or airports less frequently … we’re not

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Headlines still worried, momentum a little better

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Principal Global Investors has released its Economic Insights for the month of September. Writing in the note to investors, Chief Global Economist, Dr Bob Baur, said that the world economic slowdown refuses to

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Is recession already baked in?

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After major indices on US stock markets hit all-time highs in July, the plunge in bond yields is bringing increasingly agitated warnings about worsening growth and recession. Writing in a

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Good financial returns may be hard to find

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“Intensified trade tensions and disappointment with interest rate cuts by the Fed could provoke a relapse in equity markets.” That’s the view of Principal Global Investors Chief Global Economist, Dr

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Is the end in sight for the world slowdown?

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Interest rates: near a low in long-bond yields  “The eight-month plunge in 10-year U.S. treasury bond yields is likely over. Yields will slowly work higher into year-end. At some point, rising

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US chasing Australia on economic expansion, says Principal

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Principal’s Chief Global Economist, Dr Bob Baur, looks at how global markets fared in March. World economic outlook: green shoots “Stock markets plunged in December as evidence began to accumulate

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Lowdown on the global growth slowdown from Principal Global Investors

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Market outlook: Is the monster rally over? “Last month, I suggested the odds favored another market downdraft, something approaching December’s lows. Didn’t happen; stocks kept roaring higher. The S&P 500

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No delight for Turkish Lira with Trump’s sanctions and tariff threats

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, takes a look at how Trump’s sanctions and a threat of tariffs on Turkish exports to the US are propelling the downdraft

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