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Insight Talks - January 2025

9 Jan 2025 | 20 minutes to read

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In our first episode of 2025, our experts summarise market themes and the prevailing macroeconomic backdrop we saw in 2024 and look ahead to what might be in store for 2025.  

James and Giles also discuss the latest global interest rate news, including December rate cuts made by the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee’s most recent meeting and the European Central Bank interest rate cut of last month.  

Finally we also explore the proposed EU-Mercosur free trade agreement between the EU and a group of South American countries. 

 

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