KKR Releases 2017 Global Macro Outlook
January 11, 2017
“As we look ahead into 2017, we think that we are at a major inflection
point across the global capital markets. We view Donald Trump’s
ascendancy to the Presidency of the
Consistent with this view, the report cautions investors to now expect to operate in a global macro environment where four important trends are either reversing or shifting materially relative to the past:
1. Fiscal policies are now favored over monetary ones to stimulate growth
2. Deregulation over reregulation
3. Domestic agendas take precedence over global ones
4. Heightened volatility spills over from the currency markets to the interest rate markets
Overall, Henry McVey and the GMAA team believe that the macroeconomic backdrop will likely be shifting from a disinflationary, slower growth environment towards a reflationary-directed one with less onerous near-term banking regulation and fiscal targets. Importantly, though, this shift towards more reflationary policies by many growth-starved countries around the world is still largely an aspirational one, offset in many instances by slowing trade, poor demographics, weak productivity, and heavy debt burdens. As such, the GMAA team thinks that the cross-currents of near-term reflationary stimulus juxtaposed against the aforementioned structural macro headwinds likely mean more volatility lies ahead for investors again in 2017.
In addition to the aforementioned themes, the report details specific macro influences that factor into the GMAA team’s updated asset allocation model for 2017.
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