BIL INVESTMENT INSIGHTS

Last week, the US government went into shutdown after the Republicans and Democrats failed to come to an agreement to fund the federal government. Without funding, federal agencies could end up having to furlough around 750 000 workers, and scale back public services, costing the...

  On Friday, President Trump announced that the US will impose 100% tariffs on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical goods from October 1. There will be an exception, however, for companies that are in the process of building new manufacturing sites in the US....

  Last week saw a number of central bank meetings, including the highly anticipated interest rate cut by the US Fed. As expected, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan held rates steady, while the Norwegian central bank surprised markets with a rate...

  US equity markets locked in on monetary policy last week, pushing major indices higher on hopes that the Fed will cut interest rates by at least 25 basis points on Wednesday. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite all...

    Bond markets are back in the spotlight. After a period of calm, concerns about record borrowing among developed economies have resurfaced. The wake-up call came from a series of idiosyncratic events across the globe… In the US, deficit worries deepened after an appeals...