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The US has pivoted towards protectionism and industrial intervention. The presidential election will help determine the speed of deglobalisation.
The dust is settling on a historic election result. A Labour landslide on the scale of 1997 gives new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer a huge majority and leaves the Conservatives licking their wounds, having gained their lowest share of the vote and lowest number of MPs ever. The reaction of financial markets was less spectacular though.
With a repeat of the 2011 US debt ceiling showdown increasingly likely, we give some answers on how an agreement could be reached.
Ongoing inflationary shocks, the questions around interest rates and the emergence of the new Omicron Covid variant are all making navigating the next twelve months more challenging for investors. Nonetheless, when we look beyond the headlines, there remain some reasons for optimism going into 2022.
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