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We expect the RBI to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday (05.30 BST) A revision to euro-zone Q1 GDP could show the bloc in a technical recession (10.00 BST) Sign up for our Drop-In to unpack the major June central bank meetings here Key Market …
7th June 2023
Australia’s central bank hiked rates on Tuesday while policymakers in Poland stood pat We expect the Bank of Canada to raise its policy rate by 25bp to 4.75% (15.00 BST) Trade data from the US and China likely to show a fall in exports in both countries …
6th June 2023
We expect the RBA to hike by 25bp (05.30 BST) By contrast, Poland’s central bank will probably leave rates on hold Euro-zone retail sales are likely to have stagnated in April (10.00 BST) Key Market Themes OPEC+ ’s decision over the weekend to cut oil …
5th June 2023
We think May’s ISM Services Index remained broadly consistent with stagnant US GDP (Mon.) We expect policy rate hikes of 25bp from Australia’s central bank, to 4.10%... (Tue.) … and from the Bank of Canada, to 4.75%(Thu.) Key Market Themes Despite the …
2nd June 2023
In a recent Global Markets Update , we analysed the remarkably narrow rally in the S&P 500 so far in 2023. We concluded that recent history supported our forecast that the rally will run out of steam before long, albeit with the largest firms potentially …
We think Korea’s inflation fell in May, in line with weaker economic growth (00.00 BST) The US labour market probably loosened further last month (13.30 BST) Watch back today’s Drop-in on the outlook for EM equities on demand here Key Market Themes …
1st June 2023
We don’t think that the recent strong gains in Japan’s equity market mark the start of a significant reversal of its decades-long underperformance; we expect it to lag other markets over the rest of this year in local-currency terms and to perform broadly …
Aside from the US stock market – which is being propped up by a handful of big name stocks and a serious dose of AI fever – most risky assets have struggled over the past month or so . (See Chart 1.) We don’t think that owes much to the back-and-forth …
House of Representatives to vote on the Fiscal Responsibility Act late on Wednesday Clients can sign up here for three of our Drop-Ins tomorrow… … these will be focused on euro-zone inflation, OPEC+, and the case for EM equities Key Market Themes While …
31st May 2023
“Official” China PMIs may show a further slowdown in the reopening rebound (02.30 BST) We expect Thailand’s central bank to hike by 25bp, to 2.00% (08.00 BST) Canada’s rate of growth probably picked up in Q1 (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes A sense that …
30th May 2023
China’s May PMIs are likely to show the momentum from re-opening fading Euro-zone inflation probably fell in May, but we think the core rate was steady (Thu.) We think US non-farm payrolls increased by 200,000 in May (Fri.) Key Market Themes We expect any …
26th May 2023
We think UK retail sales contracted again last month (07.00 BST) US real consumption and durable goods orders probably picked up in April (13.30 BST) Meanwhile, we think US core PCE inflation rose by another 0.3% m/m (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes Higher …
25th May 2023
We think Turkey’s central bank will keep its policy rate at 8.5%... (12.00 BST) … while policymakers in South Africa will deliver a 50bp rate hike, to 8.25% (14.00 BST) Clients can sign up here for tomorrow’s Drop-In on China’s economic outlook Key …
24th May 2023
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of this year’s rally in US equities is just how narrow it has been. We think history suggests that this bodes poorly for the S&P 500’s prospects over the rest of this year. While the S&P 500 has returned ~9% in the year …
We expect the RBNZ to hike interest rates by 25bp, to 5.50% (03.00 BST) We think UK inflation fell from 10.1% in March to 8.0% in April… (07.00 BST) …and clients can sign up here for tomorrow’s Drop-In on UK inflation (10.00 BST) The “higher for longer” …
23rd May 2023
We think the May euro-zone PMI will suggest growth there slowed a bit… (09.00 BST) …while we think the UK PMI changed little from the previous month (09.30 BST) We expect Hungary’s central bank to leave policy unchanged (13.00 BST) Key Market Themes The …
22nd May 2023
Emerging market equities have typically outperformed their developed market counterparts after US recessions. While we don’t foresee them replicating the sort of outperformance seen after the early-1990s or early-2000s recessions, we do think the MSCI …
19th May 2023
We think China’s Loan Prime Rate will be left unchanged (Mon.) We expect the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to raise its policy rate by 25bp, to 5.50% (Wed.) Real consumption in the US probably rebounded a bit in April (Fri.) Key Market Themes We suspect a …
While banking sector strains have become less acute over recent weeks, core money markets remain tense as uncertainty grows around the potential fallout from even a temporary default on US Treasuries. Despite the recent failure of First Republic and …
18th May 2023
We expect Mexico’s central bank to deliver a final 25bp hike, to 11.50% (Thu.) We think inflation in Japan climbed further in May (Fri.) Canada’s retail sales probably fell in March (Fri.) Key Market Themes The S&P 500 has posted solid gains in 2023, but …
We think the Philippines’ central bank will pause its tightening cycle… (08.00 BST) …but expect Egypt’s central bank to hike its policy rate by 200bp A number of US data releases tomorrow may show signs of weakness Key Market Themes We think the recent …
17th May 2023
We think Japan’s economy expanded by 0.2% q/q in the first quarter (00.50 BST) Euro-zone data will probably confirm HICP inflation ticked up to 7.0% in April (10.00 BST) Sign up here for a Drop-In to discuss our long-term energy forecasts (15.00 BST) …
16th May 2023
We expect April activity and spending data in China to be flattered by base effects (03.00 BST) The UK labour market probably remained tight by historical standards in March (07.00 BST) US retail sales likely rebounded in April, though real consumption is …
15th May 2023
The PBOC is likely to leave the MLF rate unchanged at 2.75% (Mon) US retail sales probably rose in April, but industrial production may have declined (Tue) We think UK wage growth eased but labour market conditions probably remained tight (Tue) Key …
12th May 2023
We think that investors are underestimating the scale of interest rate cuts in the UK next year. If we’re correct, that could propel Gilts to the top of the class for local-currency returns over the rest of 2023. Local-currency returns from ICE BofA’s …
We expect Peru’s central bank to leave its policy rate unchanged (00.00 BST) GDP data may show that UK economy grew slightly in Q1 (07.00 BST) University of Michigan consumer sentiment index probably edged lower in May (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes …
11th May 2023
We don’t think long-dated Treasuries are bound to fare worse than the S&P 500 in the coming weeks, even as the risk of US sovereign default looms larger. Our US Economics Service is the place to look for detail on the evolving debt ceiling spat, which …
We think annual CPI inflation fell further in China in April (02.30 BST) The Bank of England looks set to hike interest rates by another 25bp (12.00 BST) We will be hosting Drop-Ins on Thailand and the BoE tomorrow – sign up here Key Market Themes Despite …
10th May 2023
With China’s economic rebound losing momentum and investors’ attention shifting back to concerns about the country’s political and economic model we think the near-term prospects for Chinese equities have become less bright. We now envisage the MSCI …
US core CPI inflation probably fell down to 5.3% y/y in April (13.30 BST) We think the central banks of Poland and Romania will leave rates on hold Sign-up here for our Drop-in on the upcoming elections in Turkey Key Market Themes With credit conditions …
9th May 2023
Fed’s Senior Loan Officer survey likely to show tightening in bank lending standards (Mon.) We expect the downward trend in US core inflation to have resumed in April (Wed.) The Bank of England looks likely to hike interest rates by another 25bp (Thu.) …
5th May 2023
Euro-zone retail sales probably fell again in March (10.00 BST) We think growth in US non-farm payrolls moderated to 180,000 in April (13.30 BST) While in Canada, we expect employment to have risen by 25,000 last month (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes The …
4th May 2023
The underperformance of the US stock market seen last year has generally paused so far in 2023, as returns have been propped up by mega-cap “growth” stocks. That may continue over the rest of the year, especially if advanced economies enter recessions. …
We expect a final 25bp rate hike from the Fed today, to 5.00-5.25%... (19.00 BST) ...and a 50bp hike from the ECB tomorrow, to 3.50% (13.15 BST) The US trade deficit probably narrowed sharply in March (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes The FOMC looks set to …
3rd May 2023
We think the euro-zone unemployment rate edged down last month (10.00 BST) The ISM Services Index was probably consistent with a stagnation in GDP in April (15.00 BST) We expect the Fed to deliver a final 25bp rate hike, to 5.00% - 5.25% (19.00 BST) Key …
2nd May 2023
The MSCI USA Index has not made much further headway on net in April so far. But it has at least held on to its strong gains from earlier in 2023, returning about 8% YTD. Part of that strength presumably reflects the global economy proving more …
28th April 2023
We expect the Fed to deliver a final 25bp hike… (Wed.) …while the ECB will probably raise the deposit rate by 50bp (Thu.) We think US non-farm payrolls rose by a softer 180,000 in April (Fri.) Key Market Themes With Yield Curve Control (YCC) set to stay …
In our view, the role of UK pension funds in deterring firms from listing on the London Stock Exchange has been overstated of late. To the extent that higher valuations are the reason firms find a US listing more attractive, we think there is good reason …
Resilience in much of the global economic data of late has raised questions over whether the recessions we expect in most developed markets (DMs) will materialise later than we had initially thought. As such, we now forecast most “risky” assets will reach …
27th April 2023
We think the Bank of Japan will abandon Yield Curve Control at Friday’s meeting Euro-zone GDP probably rose slightly in Q1 (10.00 BST) We expect the Central Bank of Colombia to raise its key policy rate by 25bp (19.00 BST) Key Market Themes We think the …
We think GDP in Sweden contracted in Q1 for a second consecutive quarter (07.00 BST) Turkey’s central bank is likely to leave its key rate unchanged again (12.00 BST) US GDP probably held up in Q1, but we expect a sharper slowdown soon (13.30 BST) Key …
26th April 2023
Sweden’s Riksbank will probably hike by 50bp (08.30 BST) We think US durable goods orders only fell marginally in March (13.30 BST) Catch-up here on today’s CE Advance Drop-In on our revamped Financial Conditions Indices Key Market Themes We don’t …
25th April 2023
We think that Korea’s economy slipped into recession in Q1 (00.00 BST) UK public sector borrowing probably undershot the OBR’s target in 2022/23 (07.00 BST) We expect US home sales and consumer confidence to paint a weak picture (15.00 BST) Key Market …
24th April 2023
We think US GDP grew by 1.8% annualised in Q1 (Thu.) Euro-zone GDP probably rose by a smaller 0.1% q/q (Fri.) We expect the BoJ to abandon Yield Curve Control at Governor Ueda’s first meeting (Fri.) Key Market Themes We think that the more recent …
21st April 2023
We would not be surprised if US “growth” stocks outperformed their “value” peers by a bit more in the near term. But we still suspect that growth will underperform value substantially over the longer term. That is informed by our view that the valuation …
Retail sales volumes in the UK probably fell in March (07.00 BST) We think the Composite PMI for the euro-zone remained unchanged in April… (09.00 BST) … while PMIs in the US and UK edged down Key Market Themes We think Fed Chair Powell was right to …
20th April 2023
We think price pressures remained elevated in New Zealand in Q1 (22.45 BST) Sign-up here for tomorrow’s Drop-in on our revamped financial condition indices… …and here to catch up on yesterday’s Drop-In on China’s post-lockdown recovery Key Market …
19th April 2023
UK headline CPI probably fell in March while core pressures remained strong (07.00 BST) See our revised and expanded Financial Conditions Indices for advanced economies here Catch up on today’s Drop-In on China’s post-lockdown recovery here Key Market …
18th April 2023
China’s Q1 GDP data may show robust q/q growth (03.00 BST) We expect Indonesia’s central bank to leave policy unchanged (08.20 BST) Sign up here for our Drop-In on China’s post-lockdown recovery (09.00 BST) Key Market Themes Q1 earnings reports from US …
17th April 2023
While US equity REITs are a long way from discounting the “best of times” for US commercial real estate (CRE) over the coming quarters, listed real estate stocks in Europe appear braced for something not far off the “worst of times”. That is a difference …
