November 2022 - Monthly House Views

US: Towards a Major Change in Economic Policy

A multi-pace global economy

Throughout the summer, global financial markets demonstrated extreme volatility, which was to a large extent caused by the state of the US labour market. Since the beginning of the year, the US unemployment rate has been trending higher, increasing to 4.1%1. Historically, such an increase has coincided with a recession in the US. The markets were thus...

Though it has been less than a month, the publication of the UK’s Autumn Budget feels like ancient history, with US politics commanding the front pages of many UK news outlets. But the Budget is still hugely relevant to the UK economy and markets. In this edition of Market Focus we look at the economic and market impact of these government decisions.

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