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Economic & Political Roundup - April 2021

Small-cap stocks in the UK and US, which tend to be more closely aligned with domestic economies, had another good month. Many other countries, including most of Continental Europe, have not been as fortunate with their vaccine programmes to-date. There were further increases in US 10-year government yields, and a strengthening dollar contributed to a softening in the emerging markets rally.

29/04/2021 EN

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Economic & Political Roundup - April 2021

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Economic & Political Roundup - May 2021

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