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Are Low Interest Rates Amplifying Market Shocks?

October 16, 2019 By Jeremy Jones, CFA

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New research from the IMF suggests that forcing investors to search for yield in riskier assets by targeting extremely low-interest rates is amplifying shocks in markets. Chris Giles reports for the Financial Times:

Persistently low interest rates are encouraging investors to take dangerous risks in a quest to maintain their financial returns, the IMF said on Wednesday, raising concerns that even the current lacklustre performance of the global economy may not be sustainable.

Policymakers should urgently seek to extend banking regulations introduced after the financial crisis to other parts of the financial sector such as insurers, asset managers and pension funds, the IMF recommended in its annual Global Financial Stability Report. Regulators should demand greater oversight of these companies and disclosures about the risks they are running, the IMF said.

Tobias Adrian, the IMF’s financial counsellor, said: “The search for yield among institutional investors — such as insurance companies, asset managers and pension funds — has led them to take on riskier and less-liquid securities. These exposures may act as an amplifier of shocks.”

Low interest rates were supporting growth “for now”, but were “putting growth at risk in the medium term”, he added.

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Jeremy Jones, CFA, CFP® is the Director of Research at Young Research & Publishing Inc., and the Chief Investment Officer at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. was ranked #5 in CNBC's 2021 Financial Advisor Top 100. Jeremy is also a contributing editor of youngresearch.com.
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