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Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise as banking concerns ease
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U.S. Treasury yields rose as conditions in the banking sector continued to stabilize and investor concerns receded.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields continue to climb on escalating Fed rhetoric
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U.S. Treasury yields rose yet again as the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) continued to ratchet up its hawkish tone.
Market Outlooks
Weekly Investment Commentary: The tide has yet to turn for non-U.S. equities
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For now, we advocate underweighting non-U.S. equities as part of a strategic asset allocation, due to the lack of positive catalysts in key markets.
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Economic growth rebounds but government support expected to roll off
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The recovery continues to pick up speed, particularly in the US and the UK where both nations have successfully vaccinated a majority of the population. The International Monetary Policy (IMF) have raised global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecasts by 0.8% to 6% for 2021.
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June 2021 BMO Fixed Income Market Update
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U.S. GDP estimates released in May showed the economy grew 6.4% in the first quarter, unchanged from the prior estimate and modestly below expectations.
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Transitory or sustained inflation?
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That is the question that continues to dominate markets. Central banks have been dogged in arguing the former. Richard Clarida of the Federal Reserve, for example, pointed to transitory factors such as base effects and supply chain bottlenecks that are behind the recent uptick in inflation.
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Fiscal fails to disappoint
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Following the Democrats’ January win in the Georgia runoff election, we expected the Biden administration and Congress to move quickly on fiscal stimulus, though there were doubts as to whether the package would be as significant as the politicians promised.