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We think US industrial production edged up in April, while retail sales grew strongly We expect UK wage growth to have accelerated further in March (07.00 BST) Clients can sign up for our Drop-In on EM sovereign debt risks here Key Market Themes China ’s …
16th May 2022
We think China’s central bank will cut its benchmark MLF rate by 5bp (Mon.) UK CPI inflation may have hit a 40-year high in April (Wed.) We expect rate hikes in South Africa, Egypt and the Philippines next week Key Market Themes History suggests the S&P …
13th May 2022
The S&P 500 might continue to struggle if, as we expect, slowing economic growth and rising labour costs causes corporate profits to grow by less than most anticipate. While below-expectation Q1 earnings reports from a few high-profile US companies have …
While our central forecast remains that euro-zone “peripheral” spreads will rise only a bit between now and the end of 2022, we think that the risk of a significant increase in spreads has risen . Notwithstanding a tick-up today, the yield spreads of …
We expect Mexico’s central bank to hike by 50bp (Thu., 19.00 BST) Euro-zone industrial output might have dropped sharply in March (Fri., 10.00 BST) US consumer confidence probably remained very low in May (Fri., 15.00 BST) Key Market Themes We doubt that …
12th May 2022
There has been plenty of doom and gloom surrounding the outlook for frontier economies over recent months, particularly Sri Lanka and Tunisia. But there are some places where we hold more upbeat views. Frontier economies in the Gulf will benefit from high …
We think the UK economy grew by just 0.2% m/m in March (07.00 BST) Mexico’s central bank expected to deliver another 50bp hike (19.00 BST) Clients can sign up for our Drop-In on China’s economy here (09.00 BST) Key Market Themes So far, at least, …
11th May 2022
China’s CPI inflation may have picked up last month (02.30 BST) We think that US CPI inflation eased in April, for the first time in eight months (13.30 BST) Clients can register for a Drop-In on our forecasts for global bonds, equities & currencies here …
10th May 2022
Germany’s ZEW sentiment indicator probably fell further in May (10.00 BST) We think that Norway’s headline inflation dropped back a bit in April (07.00 BST) Clients can register for our Drop-In on the outlook for UK house prices here Key Market Themes …
9th May 2022
China’s trade, credit and inflation data may reveal the impact of virus disruptions We think annual CPI inflation fell in the US in April, for the first time in eight months (Wed.) Clients can register for a Drop-In on our forecasts for global bonds, …
6th May 2022
We expect concerns about global economic growth and monetary policy tightening to push up the spreads of developed market (DM) corporate bonds a bit further over the coming year . After holding broadly steady at low levels for most of last year, the …
German industrial production probably fell by as much as 2% in March (07.00 BST) We think non-farm payrolls rose by a solid 375,000 in April … (13.30 BST) … and clients can register for a Drop-In on the April US payrolls numbers here (15.00 BST) Key …
5th May 2022
With more monetary tightening to come from the Fed, we think the rise in Treasury yields has further to run and that equities will continue to struggle. At face value, this week’s Fed announcements were quite hawkish : the central bank hiked its target …
Fed likely to raise rates by 50bp and start quantitative tightening (Wed. 19.00 BST) We think the Norges Bank will leave its policy rate unchanged… (Thu. 09.00 BST) …and anticipate a 25bp hike from the Bank of England (Thu. 12.00 BST) Key Market Themes …
4th May 2022
Euro-zone retail sales may have risen slightly in March (10.00 BST) US Federal Reserve likely to raise rates by 50bp and commence QT (19.00 BST) Sign up for our Drop-In on the global inflation outlook here Key Market Themes We don’t subscribe to the view …
3rd May 2022
We think the Fed will hike by 50bp next week ... (Wed.) ... and expect rate hikes in the UK, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Czechia and Poland as well US non-farm payrolls probably continued to grow at a healthy pace in April (Fri.) Key Market Themes The …
29th April 2022
We think the rises in global government bond yields – and falls in equity prices – have not run their course yet. Yields have typically peaked only shortly before the ends of central bank tightening cycles and we doubt this one will be different. We …
We think euro-zone core inflation edged up further in April … (10.00 BST) … and that the economy probably stagnated in Q1 (10.00 BST) Clients can register for our Drop-In on the Bank of Japan here (08.00 BST) Key Market Themes We wouldn’t be surprised if …
28th April 2022
The Bank of Japan may widen its 10-year JGB tolerance band to ±50bp We expect Sweden’s Riksbank to hike its policy rate by 25bp to 0.25% (08.30 BST) A fall in net exports probably caused US GDP to stagnate in the first quarter (13.30 BST) Key Market …
27th April 2022
Rising inflation in Australia may strengthen the case for a June rate hike (02.30 BST) We think that Brazil’s inflation jumped in the first half of April (13.00 BST) Russia’s March activity data likely to point to the onset of a deep recession (17.00 BST) …
26th April 2022
We think that economic activity in Korea held up relatively well in Q1 (00.00 BST) We expect the central bank in Hungary to raise its base rate by 100bp (13.00 BST) Core durable goods orders in the US probably rebounded in March (13.30 BST) Key Market …
25th April 2022
We expect rate hikes in Sweden, Hungary, and Colombia next week We think that US GDP growth slowed in the first quarter (Thu.) Euro-zone headline inflation probably edged higher in April (Fri.) Key Market Themes Financial sector equities have sold off in …
22nd April 2022
This Update presents our revised forecasts for the yields of developed market (DM) long-term government bonds, in light of recent market moves and changes to our expectations for monetary policy. We argued last month that the increase in DM government …
We think retail sales fell in the UK in March (09.00 BST) Euro-zone PMIs may have fallen sharply in the euro-zone in April ... (09.00 BST) ... and declined a bit in the US as well (14.45 BST) Key Market Themes Even if incumbent President Macron wins …
21st April 2022
We don’t expect ongoing tightening by the Federal Reserve will see the valuations of emerging market (EM) equities or bonds plunge, even if they are unlikely to rebound much either. Sharp rises in bond yields in developed markets this year – amid …
Final HICP print should shed some more light on drivers of eurozone inflation (10.00 BST) Fed Chair Jerome Powell may strike hawkish tone at IMF discussion panel tomorrow Clients can sign up for tomorrow’s drop-in on France’s presidential election here …
20th April 2022
We expect a small cut in China’s Loan Prime Rate (02.15 BST) Canada’s inflation may have reached a fresh multi-decade high last month (13.30 BST) Sign up for our Drop-In on the potential consequences of France’s election here Key Market Themes Growing …
19th April 2022
Chinese activity data will reveal a sharp slowdown in March … (Mon.) … which reinforces our view that the PBOC will cut the Loan Prime Rate (Wed.) Register for our Drop-In on the key implications of the French election here Key Market Themes While the ECB …
14th April 2022
An analysis of the behaviour of the yield of 10-year US Treasuries during the eight major Fed tightening cycles since the 1970s suggests to us that the current sell-off in long-dated US government bonds may have further to run if the Fed hikes rates by a …
We expect Korea’s central bank to hike its policy rate by 25bp (02.00 BST) Australia’s unemployment rate may have fallen to a multi-decade low in March (02.30 BST) We think the ECB will leave policy unchanged tomorrow (12.45 BST) Key Market Themes While …
13th April 2022
We expect an above-consensus 50bp rate hike in New Zealand (03.00 BST) UK inflation probably rose even further last month (07.00 BST) Canada’s central bank may also raise rates by 50bp (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes While we think US inflation peaked in …
12th April 2022
We suspect the sectors of the equity market where valuations are the lowest will continue to weather the storm of rising bond yields a bit better than others. We highlighted in our previous DM Valuations Monitor how rising bond yields were taking a toll …
We think the UK unemployment rate remained at 3.9% in February (07.00 BST) We forecast US CPI inflation reached a new high of 8.4% in March (13.30 BST) Sign-up for our Drop-In on global inflation here Key Market Themes Even if the US earnings season – …
11th April 2022
US CPI inflation looks set to have hit a new high in March, but this could be the peak (Tue.) We expect rate hikes in Canada, Korea, New Zealand and Israel next week... ... but think China’s central bank may announce an unscheduled rate cut Key Market …
8th April 2022
Earnings expectations for listed euro-zone companies look, as a whole, a bit optimistic to us given the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and Western sanctions. This feeds into our view that the region’s benchmark equity indices will, in general, …
While the prospect of a euro-zone break-up looks more remote than during the 2017 French presidential campaign, the possibility of Marine Le Pen taking power is still a major risk to euro-zone financial markets. As we discussed here and here , the recent …
7th April 2022
We expect India’s central bank to leave rates on hold for now (05.30 BST) We think CPI inflation rose slightly in Brazil and Chile last month... ... while it may have reached nearly 20% in Russia (17.00 BST) Key Market Themes While the gold price has been …
Euro-zone retail sales probably rose slightly in February (10.00 BST) We think Mexico’s inflation rose further in March, paving the way for a rate hike (12.00 BST) Canada’s federal budget may unveil a small increase in spending Key Market Themes We think …
6th April 2022
FOMC minutes may provide a clearer steer on plans for balance sheet reduction (19.00 BST) We expect Poland’s central bank to hike its policy rate by 75bp Sign up for our Drop-In on the global inflation outlook here Key Market Themes The recent polling …
5th April 2022
This tightening cycle looks set to be much more synchronised across developed market economies than the last one, which we think creates more scope for rises in bond yields across countries but could limit any further flattening of the US yield curve. …
We expect Australia’s central bank to keep its policy rate at 0.1% (05.30 BST) The US trade deficit is likely to have narrowed in February... (13.30 BST) ...while the ISM services index may have rebounded in March (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes Although …
4th April 2022
While we suspect the recent recovery in the MSCI China Index may have further to run, we don’t think the stage is set for a big rally either . After falling sharply at the beginning of the year, China’s stock market appears to have turned a corner in …
1st April 2022
FOMC minutes may shed more light on the Fed’s plans to shrink its balance sheet (Wednesday) We think the Reserve Bank of Australia will keep its policy settings unchanged… (Tuesday) …whereas central banks in Poland, Romania and Peru will probably hike …
Euro-zone inflation probably rose to around 7.5% in March (10.00 BST) We anticipate a headline rise in US payrolls of 450,000… (13.30 BST) …and expect the ISM manufacturing index to have rebounded (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes We think China ’s stock …
31st March 2022
China’s official manufacturing PMI may have fallen below 50 this month (02.30 BST) We think euro-zone unemployment declined to a record low in February (09.30 BST) Clients can now view our US Recession Trackers here Key Market Themes While the sell-off in …
30th March 2022
As a result of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Fed’s hawkish pivot, we have tweaked our forecasts for most major emerging market (EM) assets. The big picture, though, is that we still think EM equities will generally make small gains over the remainder of …
The Bank of Thailand will probably stand pat, despite higher inflation (08.00 BST) We suspect business confidence in the euro-zone has fallen sharply this month (10.00 BST) Sign-up for our Drop-In on how the war is affecting the euro-zone economy here Key …
29th March 2022
We think retail sales in Australia rebounded strongly in February (01.30 BST) Consumer confidence in the US probably fell further this month (15.00 BST) We expect Chile’s central bank to deliver another 150bp rate hike (22.00 BST) Key Market Themes Even …
28th March 2022
While we think that the war in Ukraine and Fed tightening will weigh on US corporate earnings, we still expect those earnings to grow in the next two years or so. This underpins our view that US equities will make some further small gains over that time . …
Virus restrictions probably caused China’s PMIs to drop back in March (Thursday) We suspect that US non-farm payrolls rose by 450,000 this month (Friday) Headline inflation in the euro-zone may have picked up to 6.7% in March (Friday) Key Market Themes …
25th March 2022
