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The rate environment tightened its grip on equities this week, as markets closed lower against a backdrop of renewed inflation concern and climbing bond yields.
When yields rise alongside persistent inflation, the discount rate applied to future earnings moves with them. That compresses valuations across risk assets, and the broader cycle this week ran true to form.
Sectors priced on the assumption of accommodative borrowing costs felt the adjustment first. Investors, recalibrating the cost of capital, sold. The macro read-through is direct.
Rising bond yields raise the cost of financing across the economy, from corporate capex decisions to cross-border capital allocation.
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