US Fiscal Spend Needs to be 'Intelligently Targeted'

Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global

31-Mar-17 07:07

US Fiscal Spend Needs to be 'Intelligently Targeted'

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The US 4Q16 GDP grew faster than expected, which Kingsley says is a "continuation of a positive trend of the underlying strength" of the world's largest economy. He also shares his outlook on global markets, and the balance of risks between politics and economics.

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Tags: US economic growth, Brexit, consumer spending, infrastructure spend, Donald Trump, Fed, FOMC, Xi Jinping, China, ECB, policy divergence

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