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Take Two: US inflation slows; Eurozone economy edges ahead in Q2
  • 23 hours ago

What do you need to know? US annual inflation slowed for a second consecutive month to 3.4% in July, from...

From the US Market Desk: Micro Over Macro
  • 23 hours ago

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The week in markets: Data over drama
  • 14 Aug 2026

Encouraging inflation data calmed concerns about higher rates just as another wave of strong AI news kept investors firmly focused on growth.

AOR Update (Podcast): Are Current Strong Earnings a Bubble?
  • 14 Aug 2026

In this latest Talking Markets podcast, Jeff Schulze, Head of Economic and Market Strategy at ClearBridge Investments, tells us that the US economy is holding firm, with recession risk at just 20%,...

UK GDP: Still surprisingly robust
  • 14 Aug 2026

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Engage. Challenge. Escalate. Holding companies to account on workplace culture
  • 14 Aug 2026

Royal London Asset Management is one of the UK’s leading investment companies, managing assets on behalf of a wide range of institutional and wholesale clients in the UK and internationally.

A softer dollar, but not yet a bear market
  • 14 Aug 2026

A softer US dollar faces near-term headwinds, but resilient growth, elevated yields, and geopolitical risks suggest a bear market is not yet here.

Key Convictions: Third Quarter 2026
  • 13 Aug 2026

In this third quarter update, Western Asset believes global fixed-income markets continue to navigate a complex backdrop as resilient growth, elevated inflation, hawkish central-bank pricing and th...

UK equities: political churn, corporate conviction
  • 13 Aug 2026

Despite political and economic uncertainty in the UK, companies continue to report strong earnings and trade at potentially attractive free cashflow multiples, as evidenced by...