Central Banks and U.S. Financial Conditions Index (FCI) If the Fed, the ECB and the BoE wait until 2025 before raising rates, financial conditions should remain very easy. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
G10 Central Bank Expected Average Monthly Quantitative Easing (QE) in 2021 Central banks are expected to provide more liquidity to markets in 2021. Image: Morgan Stanley Research
Central Bank Speech-Stance on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are now more popular than ever. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
G4 Central Banks’ Balance Sheet in 2022 The G4 central banks’ balance sheet is expected to reach $29 trillion in 2022. Image: Morgan Stanley Research
Quantitative Easing (QE) – Quarterly Pace of Central Bank Purchases Should investors worry about QE fading? Image: BofA Global Research
Cumulative Central Bank Balance Sheets Who’s afraid of the balance sheet expansion by central banks? Image: Bianco Research
Aggregate G6 Central Bank Balance Sheet Central bank balance sheets are expected to increase to $28 trillion by the end of 2021. Image: BofA Global Research
Gold Investment Physical Ex-Central Banks and Indices, of Equity Markets How much gold should an investor have in his investment portfolio? BofA suggests an optimized allocation to gold of approximately 4.5%. Image: BofA Global Research
Change in G4 Central Bank Balance Sheets (% G4 GDP, 12M Change) G4 central bank balance sheets are expected to expand by 28% of GDP by year-end 2021. Image: Morgan Stanley Research
Central Bank Balance Sheets as % of GDP The Federal Reserve appears as the central bank with the highest room to increase its balance sheet. Image: Deutsche Bank