Banks, insurers tend to benefit from higher rates even as financial stress builds, rating agencies say
Asian countries are expected to drive global growth again in 2024 and 2025
The agency upgraded its growth forecast and now expects lower inflation
Commodity producers to hold up better than interest-sensitive regions
Lagging effect of higher rates likely to bite this year, report says
However, the rating agency expects a slower pace for those cuts than financial markets are predicting
Real GDP in China grew by 5.2% last year but is expected to slow in the year ahead, Desjardins says
Disruption to key global shipping lanes has varied credit impacts, DBRS says
Foreign-worker flows are a key uncertainty in forecast, Desjardins says
Central bank will need a communications shift to navigate policy pivot, TD says