Lake Wolfgang in Austria is as pristine a mountain lake as a von Trapp could conjure.
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A cross rate we don’t normally talk about, but one which is increasingly crucial to global markets.
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This section is normally a bit dull, oil marches up and down a bit blah blah but Gold remains in the doldrums, a bit of an afterthought blah blah. Not this time.
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Property valuations are in the doldrums as the economy slows and Brexit stretches excruciatingly onwards.
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Bond yields collapsed in the summer (prices soared) as global growth slowed significantly, Central Banks became increasingly dovish both in rhetoric and action and geopolitical worries multiplied.
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The Japanese economy had a stronger than expected first half of the year but the escalation in the trade war, an appreciation in the yen.
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Growth in the Eurozone slowed to 0.2% in the second quarter of the year with a y/y growth.
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On July 31st Fed Chairman Jerome Powell cut US interest rates for the first time in a decade, an about turn after seven interest rate rises since 2015.
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Data showed the economy shrank by 0.2% between April and June which was the first contraction since 2012.
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Global growth is slowing and the risk of a shallow recession increasing in a number of countries.
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