Dollar Dominance In the Age of COVID
- Date: 21/07/2020
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- Katy
This article was co-authored with Dominique Dwor-Frecaut (bio below). This article can also be found on the Macro Hive platform here. Macro Hive is a leading producer of macro and financial market research and strategy. The virus has catalysed more, perhaps, than it has caused. Established trends in geopolitics, economics, financial markets, public policy, and….
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COVID-19 and Currency Risk
- Date: 20/07/2020
From 2008 to COVID-19, currency market volatility trended down. Volatility was elevated in 2015-2017 after its 2014 record low (measured by CVIX), but this fit within the trend, as December 2019 levels tested the previous record. This trend can be attributed to: convergence in the drivers of currency value like….
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Inflation: A Primer
- Date: 12/06/2020
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- Kate Mitrofanov
The economic effects of COVID-19 have triggered many questions regarding price dynamics in the aftermath of the pandemic Inflation is affected by many domestic and foreign factors, which often differ between countries. CPI inflation is the most common measure of inflation but is it the most accurate or useful? The….
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Could the Pandemic Cement an Era of Financial Repression?
- Date: 07/05/2020
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- Andrew Bloomfield, CFA
Financial repression is a tried and tested tool for the management of extreme debt loads Debt levels are rising to such extremes as governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic Expectations of high post-pandemic growth may be overly optimistic and austere policy looks untenable We may therefore venture further down the….
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