As 2020 approaches, the financial industry is busy issuing global outlooks for the new year. Recession? Trade deal? Higher or lower bond yields? Wilmington Trust Corp. threw another major risk into the mix: the continued rise of populism. Luke Tilley, chief economist at Wilmington and a former adviser with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, weighs in. Also joining the show is Bloomberg’s Katherine Greifeld, who discusses the recent drop in bond yields and what’s arguably the most-boring foreign-exchange market since 1976.
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Currency Doldrums Spur Complacency Risk That Could ‘Destroy Profits’
Bond Market’s Fate Hangs in Balance Before Trade-War Crunch Time