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Weekly Market Analysis: Unintended Consequences

By Citi Wealth Insights |
Confidence is the life’s blood of the banking system and is critical to the economy’s performance. This past week, we saw what a lack of confidence looks like in internet time. In CIO’s view, the US banking system will stabilize when the US government provides clear and unambiguous support for the system as a whole.
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Weekly Market Analysis: SVB’s Failure and Emergency Actions by US Authorities

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The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and FDIC took bold and unprecedented steps Sunday evening to ensure access to deposits at the two lenders that failed this past week. CIO expects the Fed will take note of the SVB failure, but not assume its monetary policy tightening cycle needs to be reversed at this time.
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Silicon Valley Bank's Failure: Implications and Impacts

By Citi Global Wealth Investments |
Silicon Valley Bank was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation due to the bank’s illiquidity and insolvency. While we do not view Silicon Valley Bank’s failure as a systemic event, its untimely failure is indicative of the unique set of stresses embedded in financial markets at this time.
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Weekly Market Analysis: Corporate Profits Still Matter

By Citi Wealth Insights |
Negative business cycle risks for markets remain underpriced even as analysts’ estimates project a new record high for US corporate profits by the fourth quarter of 2023. In CIO’s view, it may take some months before share prices fully reflect the lagged impact of past Fed tightening steps.
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Weekly Market Analysis: China Can Recover Without Solving All of Its Problems

By Citi Wealth Insights |
Two months after COVID-zero policies ended, China’s equity rally is taking a break. Many observers are focusing on the lack of progress in some facets of the Chinese economy as risks to the recovery. CIO believes that structural problems don’t need to be resolved this year for the recovery to carry through.
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Weekly Market Analysis: The Signals and the Noise

By Citi Wealth Insights |
One can see today’s economy as a glass half full or half empty. Conflicting and confusing data have been reported recently. Either growth will slow sharply, or the Fed is likely to stay restrictive until unemployment is materially worse.
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