U.S. stocks swung lower on Monday, as robust earnings were offset
by inflationary risks ahead of an active week headlined by economic data and Federal Reserve...
Rather than stressing vigilance about
future inflationary risks, Fed policymakers re-iterated their view that core inflation was likely to rise only gradually, eventually stabilizing around their 2 % target level.
With the short term money markets in disarray, we have Asian Central Banks cutting rates, which aids the West, but
increases inflationary risk.
In addition, the RMB (Chinese currency) relative to the US Dollar depreciated by 13 % between 2013 — 2016 which, according to Colliers International, resulted in aggressive acquisitions by the Chinese attempting to
hedge inflationary risks by storing capital abroad.
Many companies involved in commodities like oil, soya bean etc are affected a lot
by inflationary risk.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis takes a look at how some investors are repositioning their bets to ward off
inflationary risk.
Over the same period, the Canadian dollar appreciated from a record low of around 62 cents U.S. to above parity, helping to reduce
the inflationary risks that came with the stronger growth and increased income.