Trump Trade Policy and Investor Appetite for US Assets: What Role is Geopolitics Playing in Shaping Investment?

While this week’s drop in Treasury prices and a weakening dollar suggests overseas investors are losing confidence in US assets, there is some good work that fully fleshes out how geopolitical tensions between countries influence the cross-border asset allocation of investment funds.
Using our ICRG data, this study from the IMF’s Working Paper series draws a sold connection to the gravity model and geopolitics and why the latter is so important now.
Have a look when time permits:
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