The six-month survey sampled 185 senior managers and C-suite risk management professionals from major capital markets firms in North America, EMEA and APAC on the latest challenges facing the global capital markets industry.
We expect both the ECB, now facing a banking crisis, and emerging markets, facing enormous uncertainty in their export markets in the U.S. and Europe, will swing from monetary tightening to an easing posture.
To be sure, this is an extreme oversimplification of the issues facing both the stock and bond markets.
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With equity and debt markets facing down the ongoing turmoil in Europe, slower growth in emerging markets and the challenges of a tepid U.S. recovery, Goldman is not exactly sitting on its heels.
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We could be facing a period where the markets will punish those who put their faith in such devices.
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That is the biggest question now facing the GOP and financial markets.
At some point, if the economy recovers, the stimulus will have to be withdrawn, leaving the markets facing higher interest rates and tighter fiscal policy.
Most governments facing a cash crunch turn to the debt markets.
And he said a swift resolution to the severe capital pressures the bond insurers are facing is necessary to stop a "tsunami" of problems in the financial markets.
Bankers are also keenly aware of the difficulties facing each others' firms and other financial companies that have exposure to the mortgage markets.
Officials from the council (CEA) and the White House have kept mum about the report's findings, but we do know it will address the following issues: productivity growth, pro-growth tax policy, the fiscal challenges facing Medicare, catastrophe risk insurance, energy and infrastructure in the transportation sector, currency markets, international trade and investment and immigration.
And uncertainty around Greece and their ability to pay their debts runs on -- in the capital markets -- on the debt that many of these southern European countries have been facing, as well as Ireland and Portugal.
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Adding to the pain, Roche has been facing pricing pressure in developed markets.
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But phone companies, facing greater competition in long-distance markets, have for the last several years been pushing for regulatory approval to charge for local calls.
Meanwhile companies are facing the challenge of slower growth both at home and overseas, even in emerging markets like China where the pace of expansion has clearly slowed.
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At the same time, Apple is facing increased competition from other smartphone makers in those markets.
The more intractable problem facing technology startups wishing to remain private is limited access to capital markets.
Third, other nations facing similar logistical problems are under no illusion about the brilliant future for tiltrotors in their domestic markets as well as in the international aerospace industry.
In a trading update the group said "after a year of strong growth in 2012, the economic environment we will be facing in 2013 is particularly uncertain in many of our markets and it is difficult at this stage to provide a definitive view of the likely pattern of trading in 2013".
Analysts believe that the need for another round of quantitative easing would significantly unsettle markets and have investors facing another roller-coaster ride of volatility.
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While these pharmaceutical firms are facing patent losses in a lot of developed markets, emerging markets are picking up some of the slack and offering some opportunity for growth where the developed markets are lagging.
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The poorer 2012 figures are also explained by sharp declines in big key markets where customers are facing economic difficulties.
If more radical measures are not taken, real estate markets will overheat and enter a crisis, and we will be facing a situation similar to the subprime debacle of February 2007.
The news comes as Intel is facing a fresh challenge to its dominance this year from the mobile processor companies that dominate the fast-growing markets for smart phones and tablet computers.
To summarize, in an elevated stock market and facing an economy where economic growth is anemic at best, yes I remain short Europe, the big banks and emerging markets.
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