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Unpredictable consequences
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β βThe events of March are a vivid example of how the sharpest rise in major market interest rates since the 1980s can (and likely will continue to) have unpredictable consequences.β
β βChina opening, lower energy prices, swifter rate cuts to provide positive offsets.β
β βUS economic growth has proved to be much more resilient to higher interest rates, energy and other input costs than many expected.β
β βThe big question going forward is whether the US economyβs resilience to higher rates and recent bank and financial volatility is sustainable or if the impact is just delayed.β
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β βHowever, with employment markets still healthy relative to previous cycles and consumer balance sheets still strong, barring a much larger domestic or external shock, we think the slowdown we remain highly sector focused, and a broader deep recession is likely to be avoided.β
β βDespite idiosyncratic and sector specific risks, at an aggregate level, US, Eurozone and UK banking systems are substantially stronger than they were in the run up to the 2008/09 global financial crisis and systemic risk is low we believe.β
β βFalling energy and food price inflation should lead to a sharp drop in Europeβs headline inflation rates ov\er the next few months. Core inflation, however, has been sticky, with latest data showing a continued acceleration through March.β
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