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Could the investment downturn reach GFC-lows?

The slowdown in European investment intensified in Q1 as transactions more than halved year-on-year. This was perhaps unsurprising given the ongoing price correction amid one of the sharpest tightenings of financial conditions on record. But, with interest rates set to go higher, there may be even worse to come.

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