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This is an excerpt from our 2023 Investment Outlook, in which specialists from across our investment platform share insights on the economic and market forces that we expect to influence portfolios in the year to come. This is a chapter in the Global Economic Outlook section.
Dawn of a new economic era
Macro Strategist John Butler explains the forces reshaping the global economic landscape — from higher and more volatile inflation to shifting relationships between equities and bonds — and all in under five minutes.
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