The Financial Stability Review identifies various signs for the current search for yield: •  Corporate bonds are highly valued, despite the gloomier outlook for the economy and for the enterprises’ credit risk. •  Investments in hedge funds are rising strongly worldwide; over the past five years, they have risen by two-thirds in nominal terms to $ trillion. 3.
The unemployment figure for November 2013 was as low as 4 percent, close to the lowest point in recent years of 3.6 percent in July 2007.