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Macro and Markets Outlook 2026: Sunny with blustery showers
04:56 min
In a world of rapid change and polarising views, underlying trends and fundamental drivers matter more than ever. While acknowledging risks are high and uncertainty prevails, we still need to ask: what could possibly go right? In answer to that, we are encouraged by some of the trends leading us to see the year ahead rather like a British summer, sunny with blustery showers.
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