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Morgan Stanley's Chetan Ahya, global co-head of economics, who undeterred by Morgan Stanley's dire credit outlook, is especially optimistic about the coming year, and in today's Sunday Start writes that the bank's key call for 2018 is that "the global cycle will stay stronger for longer" and explains that his constructive view is borne out of the confidence that "five critical factors will evolve in a benign fashion."

Here are the 5 factors that form the basis for and Morgan Stanley's optimistic outlook: