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“The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.” – Matshona Dhliwayo, author and philosopher

“When the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around.” – Musician and actor, Gordon Sumner (aka Sting)

“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depends on the ideas lying around.” – Economist Milton Friedman

“If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.” – Economist John Maynard Keynes

We can’t afford not doing better

“Battles are never the end of the war” – former US President James Garfield

“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival. When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house. But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do.” – Alan Paton, author and activist

The way in which financial markets respond to US rate expectations is important

Tighter financial conditions are the greatest near-term threat to global growth

The value of proprietary, deep-dive research