Will 2017 be the year of “reflation contagion”?

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With 2016 winding down and the New Year approaching, the global reflation theme is broadening. 2017 is likely to be a year of “reflation contagion”.

A reflation contagion is going to be backed by the reversal of the post GFC aversion cycle and the likely emergence of an opposing virtuous cycle where expectations for improved growth prospects and still friendly monetary policy giving way to higher inflation expectations and higher bond yields leading to reduced hunger for yield.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.