Quarterly Financial Markets Update - end March 2009
Document ID: 2009-1315
Published on: 3rd April 2009
Author: Steffen Sorensen
2008 was a volatile year for financial markets. Will we see similar levels of volatility repeated this year?
Despite some stabilisation of corporate bond spreads at slightly lower levels and reduced turbulence in some markets, after the first quarter of 2009 most financial markets and economic data point to yet another volatile year.
This report highlights major changes in asset prices in the first quarter of 2009.
