Consumer price inflation is set to rise sharply in most advanced economies, with the US rate likely to reach around 3% by the middle of this year. However, talk of “global reflation” seems wide of the...

The final PMIs for December 2016 add to evidence that the world economy was in good nick at the end of last year and that price pressures have increased. We expect global growth to pick up a bit this...

We expect growth in the US to pick up next year as a result of Donald Trump’s planned fiscal stimulus, but in several other advanced economies it is likely to slow. Although headline inflation is set...

Preliminary PMIs, which were published by Markit today, suggest that growth in advanced economies picked up in December and provide more evidence that the world economy is ending the year on a strong...