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World economic recovery is underway, led by the emerging markets. When the data for Q4 2009 are in, they will show that all of the G20 economies - which together account for over 90% of world gdp - are expanding. This recovery has three main implications for financial markets in…

Our estimate for fourth quarter real GDP has been raised significantly as a result of October and November’s stronger inventory numbers. We are still expecting a $20 billion drop in inventories, so there is some upside risk. The slower pace of inventory liquidations is expected to add around 4 percentage…

Data over the past month largely produced upside surprises relative to market forecasts resulting in a sustained pickup in equity markets and a relatively sharp rise in government bond yields. Since our last publication on December 4, 2009, 10-year rates in the markets that we cover were up as much…