The US and European business cycles have become highly synchronised in recent decades. But this does not preclude significant economic divergence in response to major structural events. The last of these was German reunification. (See Chart 1.) The next is likely to be a break-up of EMU. What are the implications for Treasuries and Bunds? We expect the former to outperform the latter.
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