The coronavirus fightback will make lasting changes to economies

The spectre of a solvency crisis for the broader economy has jolted central banks and governments into action. Source: Financial Times In the fight to stop the coronavirus outbreak destabilising the global economy, central banks have gone “all in” with intervention after intervention to calm capital markets. Governments are following closely behind, announcing massive spending…

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Has the yield curve predicted the next US downturn?

We are witnessing another U.S inverted yield curve for the first time since the 2007 recession. Could this be a signal towards the next US downturn? Source: Financial Times Alan Greenspan, the then Federal Reserve chairman nicknamed The Oracle for his economic soothsaying, told the US Senate on July 21 2005 to disregard an obscure…

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