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Most economists and analysts were wrong-footed by macroeconomic developments in 2023, with many expecting a recession that didn’t materialise. This highlights the difficulty of basing an investment strategy on predictions of top-down factors such as GDP growth, interest rates or foreign exchange rates.
It is far better to focus on analysing the fortunes of