Risk assets struggled last week in the face of numerous challenges, including high inflation, slowing economic growth, and the war in Ukraine. Inflation remains front and center on most investors’ minds, with personal incomes for US consumers rising 0.5% in March (+6.2% annualized) while February’s figure was revised higher to +0.7% (+8.7% annualized), both above […]
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