Investors turn defensive in January as rate cut expectations change

State Street Risk Appetite index

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Institutional investors’ risk appetite has fallen from 0.18 to -0.09 in January as they re-evaluated the pace of rate cuts this year, according to the State Street Risk Appetite Index.

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