Market Reflections

2021 was the year for which we expected victory over Covid, as it seemed that successful vaccination programs could defeat the pandemic. However, as the year progressed, it became clear that new virus variants and sluggish vaccination campaigns would prolong the crisis. This led to a ‘stop and go’ economy in most countries in the second half of the year, after the ‘logjam’ of 2020 and the most pressing supply issues seemed to have dissipated in Spring.