Jason Vaillancourt on UK Equities

On the face of it, the economic picture looks positive. Both the UK and the US are recovering, economic data is strong and the conversation now is about when the first interest rate rise might occur. The drop in Europe's inflation, or disinflation, has brought the rate to nearly zero making def...

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Published inInvestment Week p. 22
Main Author Vaillancourt, Jason
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Incisive Media Limited 08.12.2014
Subjects
Central banks
Deflation
Economic recovery
High yield investments
Inflation
Interest rates
Monetary policy
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:On the face of it, the economic picture looks positive. Both the UK and the US are recovering, economic data is strong and the conversation now is about when the first interest rate rise might occur. The drop in Europe's inflation, or disinflation, has brought the rate to nearly zero making deflation a risk to closely monitor over coming quarters. In high yield, liquidity has been curtailed because of new regulations, and sharp losses in the sector during July indicated the risks facing investors, despite the snapback in August.