Soaring inflation, rising interest rates and further supply chain disruption will fuel volatility, economists say
“In a very different modus operandi from the last pandemic resurgence, central banks are now on a firm tightening road,” said George Lagarias, the chief economist at Mazars. “We believe that for 2022, investors should at the very least be prepared for more volatility.”
High-growth but low-profitability tech stocks may fare badly in a world of higher inflation and rising interest rates. The share prices of many of those pandemic winners such as Zoom and Peloton have already fallen back from record highs in 2021. Paul Craig, a portfolio manager at Quilter Investors, said extreme growth-oriented stocks may continue to struggle.
The US economy could stutter if Joe Biden does not get his $1.75tn Build Back Better legislation through the Senate, where the Democratic senator Joe Manchin isA slowdown or worse in China could also jolt markets in 2022.
predict iron ore prices will end 2022 below current levels, while Beijing is expected to press its steel industries to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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