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Markets risk underpricing the scale of rate hikes, analysts say

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Analysts warn that financial markets may be underestimating the extent of upcoming monetary tightening by central banks worldwide responding to higher inflation expectations. According to Deutsche Bank, this involves a synchronized global increase in interest rates driven by rising commodity prices. Central bankers are adopting a more aggressive stance compared to their slower response during the pandemic, indicating quicker and more frequent rate hikes. An economist cited by The Associated Press notes that steady economic growth, AI investments, ongoing conflicts affecting energy supplies, and persistent inflation together signal significant changes in both inflation and interest rates.
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Analysts warn that financial markets might undervalue the extent of upcoming interest rate hikes as central banks worldwide respond to escalating inflation concerns. Deutsche Bank analysts predict a synchronized global cycle of higher interest rates, driven by rising commodity prices which they expect will further increase inflation. Central bankers are being more proactive and aggressive this time compared to their slower reaction during the pandemic, indicating quicker and more frequent rate increases. An economist told The Associated Press that steady economic growth alongside significant AI investments and ongoing conflicts affecting energy supplies signal a major shift in the global economy's structure, with changing dynamics in both inflation and interest rates dominating the current financial landscape.

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Steady economic growth and a booming AI investment cycle, paired with persistent conflict-fueled shocks to global energy supplies and stubborn inflation, point to a “structural transformation of the economy,” an economist told The Associated Press.
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🔮 The world is entering a “globally synchronised rate hiking cycle,” Deutsche Bank analysts wrote, and “recent trends in commodity prices will push inflation higher still.”
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Markets risk underpricing the scale of monetary tightening, analysts argued, as central banks around the world adjust to a worsening inflation outlook. asserted
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The world is entering a “globally synchronised rate hiking cycle,” Deutsche Bank analysts wrote, and “recent trends in commodity prices will push inflation higher still.” asserted
trends → enter → inflation
Perceived as being slow to react during the pandemic, central bankers are more hawkish this time around, suggesting hikes will come faster and more frequently. asserted
hikes → perceive → pandemic
Steady economic growth and a booming AI investment cycle, paired with persistent conflict-fueled shocks to global energy supplies and stubborn inflation, point to a “structural transformation of the economy,” an economist told The Associated Press. asserted
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