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INSIGHTS & ANALYSIS
Insights & Analysis: Technology upends traditional credit trading liquidity patterns, Barclays says
In a recent research note Zornitsa Todorova, head of FICC research at Barclays contends that with over half of IG volumes now electronic, systematic desks are reshaping when and how credit trades get done,...
Insights & Analysis: UBS: Opportunity to “lock in rates higher” ahead of cuts
Fed governors appear to be leaning into a more dovish approach ahead of expected rate cuts this September, UBS observed in a research note, predicting a total 100 basis point (bps) cut over the...
Insights & Analysis : Makeup removal time for Powell at Jackson Hole
The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, used the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 22 August to confirm a formal reset of the Fed policy framework, abandoning the average-inflation “make-up” strategy, removing Effective Lower Bound...
Insights & Analysis: Weakened US economy and tariff uncertainty unsettles corporates
Trump’s long-dreaded and much-amended tariffs increased the US tariff rate to more than 18% this month – up more than eightfold on 2024’s levels. The country has seen its growth rate slip to below-trend...
