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The Weekly Look at the Global Economy and Markets
What was a relatively quiet week for major economic data releases ended up being overwhelmed by policy announcements. The result was significant market volatility that, interestingly and except for some specific idiosyncratic cases, was concentrated mainly in stocks with relatively limited spillovers to global currencies and bonds. This sets a fascinating configuration for the weeks ahead with so much on tap: the post-shutdown flood of US data, the Federal Reserve policy meeting, US and UK fiscal developments, and, in the marketplace, the behavioral tug-of-war between the FOMO “buy-the-dip” reaction, which has ... (full story)