(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Asset Management is buying Treasuries and Italian bonds betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates multiple times this year and European policy makers will resume quantitative easing.
The $1.7 trillion money manager is snapping up U.S. five- and 10-year notes as it predicts slowing inflation and global trade tensions will convince the Fed to lower its benchmark by 75 basis points this year. Italian bonds will be one of the major beneficiaries if the European Central Bank restarts debt purchases, said Seamus Mac Gorain, head of global rates in London.
Italy Attractive
JPMorgan has turned constructive on shorter-maturity Italian bonds, including five-year securities, in a bet they will be boosted as the ECB resumes debt purchases.
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