'We are beholden to this new master': JPMAM's Karen Ward on central banks and the death of the market cycle

Rebuilding the economy from the rubble of the pandemic

Lauren Mason
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Investment Week editor Lauren Mason speaks to Karen Ward, chief market strategist for EMEA at JP Morgan Asset Management, about the growing influence of central banks, the death of the economic cycle, and when 'meaningful inflation' will rear its head.

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