By Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy & Chief Economist from Oliver’s Insights, AMP Capital, 1 February 2018
Key points
- Rising global growth and rising commodity prices indicate the risks to inflation are gradually moving to the upside. This is most acute in the US with the Fed likely to raise rates more than the market expects this year.
- This supports the view that the 35-year super cycle decline in bond yields is over.
- Higher US inflation and a more aggressive Fed will likely boost volatility this year. However, the back up in bond yields is likely to remain relatively gradual, and other countries including Australia will lag the US.