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A Bad Stall on the Road to a Monetary Normal

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Summary

  • The recent change in US monetary policy demonstrates like little else the stall on the global road to monetary ‘normal’. We are very far away from normal even into the tenth year of expansion in the global business cycle.
  • The change in US interest rate expectations is already substantial and interest rate markets got there well before the US Federal Reserve.
  • Central banks everywhere have less capacity to stimulate into the next downturn. This has implications for the way monetary and fiscal policy will be conducted in coming years.
  • The current choppy market environment correctly picks up the high level of economic uncertainty associated with these trends.
  • Risky assets initially liked the move to an easier monetary stance. Second thoughts could be creeping in.

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