Bond Outlook November 18 2009

Cheap money always looks for a home, even a risky one, and that builds bubbles. But where? Can emerging markets without currency manipulation avoid them?

Bond Outlook [by bridport & cie, November 18th 2009]

If there is an inviolate rule in economics, it is that cheap money always leads to inflation, not necessarily be expressed through a rise in consumer prices, but to inflation of something, such as financial assets, commodities or property. When consumer price inflation is low for structural reasons such as rising unemployment and/or household decisions to save more, funds look for any home that provides a chance of a positive return.

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