Industry Updates
2019-01-17

Global policy uncertainty at record levels, Deutsche Bank says

A gauge of global policy uncertainty is “flashing red” amid anxiety on Brexit, the US government shutdown and the Sino-American trade war, according to Deutsche Bank.

The global economic policy uncertainty index is at record high levels at a time of deepening unrest in British politics ahead of the country’s scheduled exit from the EU on March 29, the trade war between the US and China continues and as a government shutdown in the US has entered its fourth week.