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                            The accelerated rise in interest rates over the past year, a total of about four percentage points, has caused stress in some parts of the economy. 
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                        The better-than-average quarterly gains were driven primarily by the emergence of artificial intelligence as an investment theme and the exceptional performance of companies that investors think will benefit most from the expanded use of AI.
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                        Banks make up a larger share of the overall market in Europe than they do in the U.S., and European banks will have to outperform if European markets are to outperform the U.S. overall.
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                       Asian central banks appear to have largely completed their rate-hiking cycles, and we expect them to begin easing as soon as later this year.
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                        We expect emerging markets to retain their advantage with respect to semiconductor manufacturing over the medium term, with Taiwan and South Korea continuing to dominate.
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//     // console.log(e);
//     // console.log('boom');
//     if (e.data.height > 0) vueData.subscriptionIframeHeight = (e.data.height + 50) + 'px !important';
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//     if(typeof e.data.sublist != "undefined"){
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vueData.subFirstName = '';
vueData.subLastName = '';
vueData.subEmail = '';
vueData.subEmailVerif = '';
vueData.subLang = 'en';
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vueData.subIsSuccessful = false;
vueData.subIsLoading = false;
vueData.subSubmitted = false;
vueData.subTermsAndconditions = false;
vueData.subButtonText = 'Sign me up';
vueData.subError = false;
vueData.subErrorText = 'There was an error';
vueData.subMacroMemo = false;
vueData.subEconomicOutlook = false;
vueData.subGlobalInvestmentOutlook = false;
vueData.showMacroMemoModal = false;
vueData.subscriptionFormTitle = 'Stay informed';

	
vueMethods.macroMemoModalToggle = function() {
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};
vueData.showEconomicOutlookModal = false;
vueMethods.economicOutlookModalToggle = function() {
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};
vueData.showGlobalInvestmentOutlookModal = false;
vueMethods.globalInvestmentOutlookModalToggle = function() {
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};
vueData.subURL = 'https://api.cment.net/RBCGAM/SFSubscriptionShare';
vueMethods.subValidateEmail = function() {
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                funnel_step_number: '3',
                funnel_step_name: 'submit',
                transaction_id: undefined,
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                    items: [{
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			_self.subIsLoading = false;
			_self.subButtonText = 'Sign me up';
			
			
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		_self.subIsSuccessful = false;
		_self.subSubmitted = false;
		_self.subErrorText = 'There was an error';
		_self.subIsLoading = false;
		_self.subButtonText = 'Sign me up';
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vueData.themeVersion = "wm2"
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