Key Risks Loom for Stocks in 2024: Inflation, Rates, Geopolitical Tensions
- Resurgent inflation that leads the Fed to pause interest rate cuts
- Widening US budget deficit and surging debt supply that pushes rates higher
- Houthi attacks disrupting shipping and oil supply, boosting inflation
- Taiwan elections worsening tensions with China
- China-Taiwan conflict disrupting global semiconductor supply chains