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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left rates unchanged and lowered its economic forecasts. Moving from a 2.3% GDP growth estimate to a 2.1%, as well as upping unemployment numbers from 3.5% to the still low 3.7%. It also signaled it was done hiking rates for the year.
In mid-2018, the IMF warned that, for the first time in history, global debt had reached 225% of world GDP. Due to central banks’ QE, global debt is today more than three times higher than the level of 20 years ago.
The Federal Reserve, which at its meeting on January 29 and 30 decided to keep the reference rate unchanged, said in its minutes, published this Wednesday, that there is greater concern about
This month China started the year of the pig. In the Asian tradition, this is an animal directly related to fortune because of its nobility and fertility. Will this lunar new year bring fortune to investors or succulent returns to the Chinese stock market?
China has been on the verge of a hard landing for many years, according to some analysts. Will they finally be right in 2019?
At a time when the threats of Brexit and Italian finances are flying over the European economy, Per Wehrmann CFA, Head of European High yield in DWS, is confident that Europe will not enter into a recession although he expects a period of lower growth.