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The US dollar, known the world over as the greenback, has long enjoyed its place as the global reserve currency. 

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) recommended that developed economy governments should spend their way out of the global pandemic recession. 

There is an old market saying: Don’t fight the Fed. The US Federal Reserve, popularly known as the Fed, is the world’s biggest central bank.

A glance at share prices since March would reveal that e-commerce giants have been a major beneficiary of lockdowns.

President Trump has banned Chinese firms TikTok and WeChat from the US, claiming they represent a threat to economic and national security.

Joe Biden was confirmed as the Democratic Party nominee to run against Donald Trump in November’s election.  If he were to win, by the time of his inauguration he would be the oldest president in US history. 

In the past, there has been a common perception that investing sustainably, or in other words, investing in companies contributing to a sustainable future means sacrificing returns. 

Tesla became the world’s biggest car manufacturer by value, taking pole position from Toyota. Despite the fact that Tesla produced only 360,000 vehicles last year, compared to almost 9 million for the Japanese giant. 

Covid-19 looks set to leave a trail of economic damage that will outlive the spread of the virus. Government and central bank stimulus on a huge scale has led to a dramatic rise in debt levels. Taxes look set to rise to pay off this debt. 

Lockdowns have been lifted, bringing early signs of recovery. Retail sales have rebounded in many parts of the globe, with a jump of almost 18% in the US. 

It’s an asset class that might seem a bit marginal and more than a little mysterious. But since the first AAA-rated ‘green bond’ was launched by the World Bank in 2007, the market has grown enormously. 

As economies, battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, dust themselves down and prepare to start again, we hear a good deal about disruption to global supply chains.

Markets rebounded sharply after the tumbles of March, hoping for a V-shaped economic recovery. Confidence has faltered somewhat in recent weeks and momentum has slowed. 

The Covid-19 crisis has brought rare examples of good news as well as bad. While the IMF (International Monetary Fund) made savage cuts to estimates for global growth, they also forgave debts of $214 billion owed by the world’s poorest countries. 

Restrictions on the Chinese city of Wuhan were lifted, but entire countries across the globe remain in lockdown. 

The spread of covid-19 has left many people concerned about their investments, as stock markets have fallen and an economic slowdown becomes increasingly evident. In our new PDF we review the economic and stock market impact of covid-19 so far. 

When economic crisis strikes, central banks will cut their interest rates. The aim is to boost liquidity in the financial system and stimulate future growth.

Architas launches its new Hong Kong based business, Architas Asia Limited. The company has been granted a license to operate as an asset management company by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) as of 6^th April 2020.

Financial markets whipsawed, as they weighed the negative impact of Covid-19 against massive stimulus packages aimed at supporting economies around the world. 

FEBRUARY: What happened? Here we take a quicklook at the markets.