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4 August 2021 

Bouvet: Don’t be fooled by the interest rate conundrum

ING's Senior Rates Strategist, Antoine Bouvet, on the misleading signals we're seeing from falling global interest rates

Don’t be fooled by the interest rate conundrum

Interest rates have fallen dramatically in the US and the eurozone, notably since March. Normally when that happens it's a pretty good sign that markets are predicting a dramatic slowdown in growth or even a recession. Don't be fooled. There are a number of reasons why we're not facing that, at least not yet. And we're going to have to wait a while longer before rates once again reflect economic fundamentals

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