Roaring global growth is emergingA pedestrian walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the foreign exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the US dollar in Tokyo, yesterday. AFPThe chaotic newsflow, geopolitical shape-shifting ‍and wild market swings ‍of 2026 have clouded one basic signal: the global economy is racing forward. Financial stocks, too, have risen more than twice that of their global stock benchmarks, and ‌small caps are revving up as well. Meanwhile, the catalysts for a global cyclical upswing are mounting. It's also entirely possible these loose global conditions will eventually come back to haunt the financial world via bond market ructions.

Source: Bangkok Post February 11, 2026 01:39 UTC