Risk Appetite Falls As Stagflation Risks Stalk US Economy
A six-day improvement in risk appetite appears to be stalling out across the financial markets this morning, bolstering a “mean-reversion”* trade that has seen the dollar creep higher against most of its rivals through the early part of the week. Treasury yields are ticking higher, North American equity indices are poised for losses at the open, and safe-haven currencies are outperforming their risk-sensitive brethren. The American economy shrank for the first time since 2022 in the first quarter, but the slowdown wasn’t as profound as the headline number would suggest. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product contracted at an annualised -0.3-percent pace...