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Another look at the threat from quantitative tightening

A year after the Fed began shrinking its balance sheet, global central banks’ net asset purchases have slowed sharply, and they are set to turn negative in January. However, we doubt that this will cause a sharp sell-off in global bond markets or that it will derail the world economy.

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