Head of Global Macro Strategy Paul Mielczarski and SVP – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith take a look at the inflation picture and policy outlook.By Paul Mielczarski, Katie Klingensmith

Portfolio Manager Bill Zox and SVP-Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss the factors supporting opportunities in U.S. and global high yield, despite tight current spreads.By Katie Klingensmith, Bill Zox, CFA

Portfolio Manager Anujeet Sareen and SVP-Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss whether U.S. dollar strength may continue and how that outlook could impact other currencies.By Anujeet Sareen, CFA,Katie Klingensmith

Portfolio Manager Brian Kloss and SVP-Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss the support for global multi-sector fixed income, including diversification and total return potential.By Katie Klingensmith, Brian L. Kloss, JD, CPA

Our experts see plenty to like in credit markets. But dexterity and patience are key to finding opportunities and avoiding risks.By Katie Klingensmith, Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA,John McClain, CFA,Kevin O’Neil

Head of Global Macro Strategy Paul Mielczarski and Senior Vice President - Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss the macroeconomic outlook and fixed income positioning.By Katie Klingensmith, Paul Mielczarski

Director of Global Macro Research Francis Scotland and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss the macroeconomic outlook and opportunities in fixed income.By Katie Klingensmith, Francis A. Scotland

Portfolio Manager & Senior Research Analyst Carol Lye and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss the factors impacting Asian bonds and currencies.By Katie Klingensmith, Carol Lye

Inside the U.S., a narrow group of stocks has led performance this year. Elsewhere, there is a world of opportunity with high quality stocks trading at compelling valuations.By James J. Clarke, Katie Klingensmith,Sorin Roibu, CFA

Our experts review how the macroeconomic outlook could impact credit spreads and defaults, and why watching equities and private credit may give clues to what comes next for corporate bonds.By Katie Klingensmith, Bill Zox, CFA,Andrew Bogle

Portfolio Manager Anujeet Sareen and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss recent moves in US Treasuries and the catalysts that could drive yields lower.By Katie Klingensmith, Anujeet Sareen, CFA

After an exciting rally for emerging markets, especially local currency bonds, our latest podcast reviews the drivers behind performance and whether the momentum could continue.By Michael Arno, CFA,Katie Klingensmith

In this panel discussion, our experts assess the opportunities and risks in global corporate credit markets and what investors may see in the second half of the year:By Katie Klingensmith, Renato Latini, CFA,John McClain, CFA,Kevin O’Neil

From the Federal Reserve to banking stress, our experts discuss the top-down macroeconomic forces and bottom-up fundamentals impacting U.S. and global corporate bond markets.By Bill Zox, CFA,Renato Latini, CFA,Kevin O’Neil,Katie Klingensmith

Paul Mielczarski and Katie Klingensmith review the components driving inflation and discuss how these factors are shaping the team’s macroeconomic outlook and views on duration.By Paul Mielczarski, Katie Klingensmith

Despite lingering cyclical tailwinds, Portfolio Manager Anujeet Sareen believes the factors that drove the dollar higher are reversing, setting the stage for a multi-year decline in the greenback.By Anujeet Sareen, CFA,Katie Klingensmith

Taking a multi-sector view across global credit markets, Brian Kloss and Katie Klingensmith discuss where they see opportunities and how they are balancing risks and liquidity.By Brian L. Kloss, JD, CPA,Katie Klingensmith

Jack McIntyre and Katie Klingensmith assess the inflation situation in the U.S. and globally and the potential for inflation expectations to open the door for a wage-price spiral.By Jack P. McIntyre, CFA,Katie Klingensmith

The U.S. dollar bull market has been underway for some time, defying expectations. Anujeet Sareen and Katie Klingensmith discuss the drivers behind the dollar’s extraordinary strength.By Anujeet Sareen, CFA,Katie Klingensmith

Emerging markets face several headwinds to growth. Alberto Boquin and Katie Klingensmith discuss these challenges, including whether early, significant monetary tightening can curb inflation.By Katie Klingensmith

According to Director of Global Macro Research Francis Scotland, it is difficult to imagine the U.S. economy will not experience at least an intense period of softness or weakness, or even a brief recession, over the next several months. As he and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith discuss in this podcast, the Russia-U…

Embedded in the Treasury yield curve is a wealth of information about what the market expects for interest rates, inflation, and growth going forward. But just how accurate is the yield curve as a recession indicator? In this podcast, Portfolio Manager Jack McIntyre and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith decode the fac…

The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) faces a difficult monetary policy balancing act, needing to address steep inflation on one side without crushing economic growth on the other side. In this podcast, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager David Hoffman and Senior Vice President – Investment Specialist Katie Klingensmith put the current macroeconomic a…

Currently, there appear to be few places for investors to hide from global turmoil and rising inflation. In this podcast, Portfolio Managers Bill Zox and John McClain, along with Vice President – Portfolio Specialist Amer Hasan, discuss the impact of recent events, from the war in Ukraine to Federal Reserve tightening, on financial markets and why …

Inflation is the topic on everyone’s minds. In this podcast, Francis Scotland and Katie Klingensmith discuss implications and policy responses to address inflation, and why this cycle is different.By Francis A. Scotland, Katie Klingensmith

In Franklin Templeton's latest “Talking Markets” podcast, Bill Zox and John McClain, portfolio managers with Brandywine Global, join Amer Hasan to discuss how current market and economic conditions could benefit high yield investors, the opportunities and risks right now, and why the asset class is often overlooked or misunderstood.…

As a member of the UN PRI’s Credit Rating Advisory Committee, research analyst Will Vaughan joined the organization’s head of fixed income as well as Moody’s Investors Service for their first podcast in a series on ESG factors, credit risk and ratings.By William Vaughan@@654616549@@

We are dedicating our podcasts as a forum to highlight our ongoing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives within each team’s investment process. Patrick Kaser and Jim Clarke of the Fundamental Equity team discuss how ESG factors are integrated into their investment process and highlight some of their favorite research examples. Ult…

Late last year, we proposed the idea of the U.S. trading places with the global economy in 2019. We explain why global growth decoupled from the U.S. last year, and review the broad factors that will play an important role in our 2019 growth expectations: monetary policy, fiscal policy, and trade. Listen to members of our Global Fixed Income cover …

Global growth has desynchronized this year, while political trends around the world have become synchronous. Brian Giuliano and Anujeet Sareen, members of our Global Fixed Income team, explain how fiscal and monetary conditions in China as well as the evolution of the U.S.-Sino bilateral relationship, could change the trajectory of global growth in…