Macro

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Euro area: an encouraging change of perspective
  • 23 hours ago

Europe’s resilient growth strengthens the case for ECB tightening, challenging bonds near term but supporting equities and a better growth-inflation mix.

Economics Weekly: Let the Market Decide
  • 23 hours ago

One of the key points that came out of last week’s FOMC meeting was that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh wants the bond market to do more of the heavy lifting with regard to fighting inflation and promoting...

Guide to Alternatives
  • 06 Aug 2026

Get insights on macro topics such as manager dispersion, while also diving into real estate, private credit, private equity and hedge funds and more.

New Zealand Fixed Income Monthly (July 2026)
  • 06 Aug 2026

The RBNZ’s first rate hike since Maly 2023 represents the central bank’s first step in returning towards a neutral cash rate. However, we feel the point at which interest rates could be deemed neit...

From AI productivity to disinflation: A non sequitur?
  • 06 Aug 2026

We explore how AI-driven productivity gains could influence inflation and interest rates—and why the path from innovation to disinflation is far from straightforward.

Bonds are Back: The Real Yield Reset
  • 06 Aug 2026

Rising US Treasury yields are being driven by higher real yields, not inflation fears, according to Brandywine Global, Head of Macro Strategy, Paul Mielczarski. Stronger-than-expected growth, resil...

Bond Bulletin: Yen and the art of intervention
  • 06 Aug 2026

This week’s Bond Bulletin examines the first US–Japan coordinated intervention to strengthen the yen since 1998 and explains why the US and Japanese authorities chose to act now. It also assesses w...

Monthly Macro: China's Open-Weight Challenge and the Future of AI Economics
  • 06 Aug 2026

William Blair macro analyst Richard de Chazal and group head of technology, media, and communications Arjun Bhatia examine how low-cost, open-weight AI models, many of them emerging from China, are...

2Q26 Alternative Credit Market Overview
  • 05 Aug 2026

1. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; data as of July 17, 2026. 2. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; data as of May 31, 2026. 3. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; data as of July...