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Wuhan is capital of China’s Hubei province and the epicentre of the current outbreak of novel coronavirus COVID-19. The virus is understood to have originated in a seafood market in the city.

Coronavirus continues to cast a dark shadow over the global economy, as the number of new cases outside China continues to accelerate.

In the past, central banks set the price of money using interest rates. In the future, it seems, they will be giving it away. This week the US Federal Reserve reduced interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 2.25 per cent.

Central banks are at a crossroads, and if they carry on, maybe a dead-end. The good news, though, is twofold: central bankers recognise the need to reassess their frameworks and they are coming at it from a point of strength: unemployment at multi-decade lows in most of the developed world.

While not imminent, a recession feels more likely than it once did. James Foster, manager of the Artemis Strategic Bond Fund, considers what the yield curve is telling us…

Many investors have historically viewed emerging market (EM) equities as a source of growth, with income a distant consideration. We believe this oversight is a mistake, and that a dividend-focused approach to investing could help boost long-term total returns.

• The results of the US midterms have had an initially supportive effect on US markets.
• Beyond this initial market response, we think there are important implications to explore for global markets, for various US equity sectors and for major macro themes.
• In this commentary, we examine four key areas: US politics, fiscal/monetary policy, domestic policy and foreign economic policy.

Gross domestic product is our chief measurement of economic health. But GDP is failing to account for the dynamics of modern economies – and some experts are calling for reform.