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On the QT

  • A decade or more of zero or negative interest rates, combined with quantitative easing (QE), has resulted in a mispricing of risk over a prolonged period of time across many asset classes 
  • But, trouble was coming anyway for leveraged pension funds as Gilt prices fell in the face of the prospect of QT, not to mention high inflation which also weighs on long-dated bond prices
  • All this is now unwinding as monetary conditions are tightened and borrowing costs surge .
  • The lessons from the past decade of extremely loose monetary policies comprising, zero or negative interest rates and QE are clear ...
  • This week, the UK will remain in focus, with a number of key data points due for release ...
  • In the US, industrial production data for September will feature
  • In the Eurozone, the final reading of HICP is set to confirm prices rose by 10% y/y in September ...

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