Weekly investor research

Risk assets resilient despite soft data and steeper curves

By Gustavo Medeiros, Ben Underhill
  • US retail sales, CPI and PPI came in softer, reducing Fed hike expectations.
  • Five reasons for the steeper UST yield curve.
  • Geopolitics remains key risk to low volatility.
  • Chinese economic data continues to soften.
  • Korean government announced its first deregulation package to boost investment.
  • Fitch reaffirmed Vietnam’s ‘BB+’ rating with a stable outlook.
  • Argentina’s YPF submitted a USD 51bn capex plan alongside other oil majors.
  • Colombia declared a national disaster after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake.
  • Nigeria approved a new framework seeking up to USD 50bn of investment into oil and gas.
  • Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan sign a Joint Defence Agreement.

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