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The spectre of “stagflation”: high energy prices, high interest rates and weak growth

Report by Pablo Duarte The market is faced with a robust US economy and a weak eurozone: inflation is rebounding, driven by energy prices, whilst geopolitical risks are mounting. At the same time, expectations regarding interest rates are increasingly diverging, and global growth forecasts have been revised downwards. The global economy is reeling, energy costs remain sky-high, the war in Iran is driving up transport costs and fuelling serious fears…

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Focus of Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in Beijing lies between concrete positive agreements and fears that differences between world’s two major powers will intensify

Report by Renta 4 European markets open higher (Eurostoxx futures up 0.6%, S&P futures up 0.4%, Nasdaq futures up 0.4%), with Brent futures up 0.5% and all eyes on the long-awaited Trump-Xi Jinping meeting in Beijing, which begins today and will run until tomorrow. Regarding this meeting (postponed from its originally scheduled date at the end of March due to the outbreak of war in Iran), the focus of interest…