Fearful markets brace for further hikes

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Fast reading: Turbulence in commercial real estate (CRE) has increased this year amid concerns about the impact of soaring interest rates on the sector. As real estate market ‘corrections’ are a regular feature of the property market, institutional investors may try to seek out cycle-agnostic investment strategies. Equites headed downward this week as investors braced […]

Wait and see (redux)

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A forced hand

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Beyond re-opening: the long-term trends to watch in China

Optimism that China’s scrapping of its strict zero-Covid controls would boost the global economy has been tempered by weaker-than-expected data in May on retail sales, industrial output, and investments. But this short-term blip needs to be viewed in the context of the vast technological and demographic shifts underway in the world’s second largest economy that […]

On the road again

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Investors size up far-reaching implications of AI boom

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Stubbornly high inflation sends bond yields higher

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Raising the roof

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Falling inflation brightens US outlook

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Financial stability concerns back to the fore

Ahead of the Curve