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10 Oct 2025, 13:13
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While the global economic outlook remains uncertain, the recent banking breakdown, and resurgence in financial stability risks, has sparked a rapid reassessment from economists, with the subsequent tightening in lending standards, and decline in credit growth, now expected to pose significant headwinds to the economy over the medium-term.
Though a recession is not yet consensus, such an outcome is becoming increasingly likely, with many market-based indicators – such as the bear steepening Treasury yield curve – flashing ever-brighter warning lights. Consequently, many traders and investors are starting to consider the best ways to position themselves into, and during, such an economic slowdown.