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Global Fixed Income: Three Questions on What’s Changed Since the March Madness
In March, the Loomis Sayles Global Fixed Income Team anticipated the economy could experience sluggish growth in the third quarter[…]
Loomis Sayles’ Investment Outlook – July 2020
Investors appear firmly focused on the economic recovery ahead. With Fed support and the potential for additional fiscal stimulus, we[…]
Global GDP Themes and Forecasts (Infographic)
The COVID-19 pandemic has tipped the global economy into what appears to be the deepest recession in decades. No region[…]
The Fed Creates the Municipal Lending Facility
The MLF can provide municipal governments with access to credit, helping to keep them operating during a liquidity crisis.
Bifurcation & Opportunity: Current Take on Credit Markets
Credit markets are bifurcated, and there’s a major yield difference between the perceived winners and losers. This trend is creating[…]
The FIMA Repo Facility: The Fed’s Solution to the Global US Dollar Crunch
The Federal Reserve's new FIMA Repo Facility is intended to help support the smooth functioning of financial markets – but[…]
The Federal Reserve Revives TALF
The Federal Reserve (Fed) has taken another step in its attempt to avert a financial crisis. It revived its Term[…]
Loomis Sayles’ Investment Outlook – April 2020
Risk assets have already discounted much of the negative news to come and we believe many asset classes can offer[…]
ECB Bazooka: A Look at its Rescue Programs
Like everywhere else, Europe needs liquidity. And the European Central Bank is delivering that in abundance. It appears to stand[…]
Jae Park and Michael Giles on the COVID-19 Crisis, Credit Cycle and Investing with Conviction
It’s been said before, but the truth appears to be this crisis is very different than others we’ve experienced. It's[…]
Fed to the Rescue: Providing Liquidity to the Corporate Bond Market
To help support investment-grade corporate bond market liquidity, the Federal Reserve introduced two facilities March 23: the Primary Market Corporate[…]
Municipal Fixed Income Update
The municipal fixed income market, like most other asset classes, is experiencing unprecedented volatility. Large mutual fund outflows are adding[…]
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