UK policy has become the key example of policy failure. Although that mayhem stems largely from domestic vulnerabilities, the underlying problems -- policymakers’ efforts to battle inflation, financial instability and the recession threat -- put other countries under scrutiny.
More countries will fear liquidity-impaired markets not clearing, with buyers and sellers unable to agree a price.
The UK corporate bond yield surge is easing but this and distressed valuations in some UK equities will offer investor opportunities.
The trade-weighted dollar index is the highest since 2002 and will rise further, straining other currencies, including the pound and yen.
Outflows from EM bond funds this year have reached USD76bn, the most since records began in 2005 and further outflows are likely.
