The UK economy continues to grow. However, ongoing wrangling over our exit from Europe and broader domestic political uncertainty has seen growth expectations reduced to a rather uninspiring 1.2% in 2019, according to official forecasters.
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The rhetoric over the US-China trade war has again increased, triggering the biggest fall in US stock prices since January.
Faced with ongoing uncertainty and volatility, global macroeconomic commentators are in two distinct camps: one that observes symptoms of recession and another that observes signs of a global recovery.
As we enter Q2, we see particular value in the hard currency and frontier market spaces within emerging market debt (EMD).
Hopeful of revival amid geopolitical risks
Having spoken to numerous market participants, we discern a number of areas of current concern.