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Trump policies will be mildly stagflationary

We expect the incoming Trump administration’s policies to have a mildly stagflationary impact on the economy. Assuming that Trump introduces tariffs and immigration curbs via executive action by the middle of next year, we would expect GDP growth to run close to 1.5% at an annualised pace over the following 12 months, with inflation temporarily rebounding to around 3%.

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