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Inflation Tea Leaves

A bit more on inflation worries, this from the Financial Times:

Inflation forecasts are now rising following massive increases in government spending and the torrent of liquidity unleashed by central banks in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ugo Montrucchio, head of multi-asset investments for Europe at Schroders, said clients of the £526bn UK asset manager were asking “more and more questions about inflation”.

“Inflation is at the forefront of the minds of our large institutional clients but less so for retail investors,” said Montrucchio. He has been increasing allocations to commodities, US financial stocks and short-term government bonds as hedges against rising inflation.

I assume “large institutional clients” is not a synonym for “guys who took out bank loans to purchase GameStop shares.”

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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