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We think Mexico’s central bank will hike its policy rate by 75bp (19.00 GMT) The rising cost of living probably weighed on UK retail sales in February (07.00 GMT) Clients can view our new China Activity Proxy dashboard here Key Market Themes While not our …
24th March 2022
The reinvestment of oil revenues into US markets probably helped avert a rout in Treasuries during the mid-2000s hiking cycle, but even with oil prices on the rise again we don’t expect so-called “petrodollars” to halt the current slide in Treasuries. …
We expect Norway’s central bank to raise its policy rate by 25bp… (09.00 GMT) …and anticipate a 75bp hike from Mexico’s central bank (19.00 GMT) Clients can view our new China Activity Proxy dashboard here Key Market Themes The yield of 10-year Gilts …
23rd March 2022
The war in Ukraine, as well as the hawkish tone adopted by some developed market (DM) central banks, have led us to revise up our end-22 and end-23 forecasts for government bond yields in some DMs and to lower our projections for DM equities generally . …
Hopes for a large support package from UK Chancellor Sunak may be disappointed… …even though inflation in the UK probably reached a 30-year high last month (07.00 GMT) Sign up for our Drop-In on the impact of war in Ukraine on commodity markets here Key …
22nd March 2022
We expect Hungary’s central bank to raise its base rate by 75bp (13.00 GMT) Read our latest research on the macro and market impacts of the war in Ukraine here Clients can view our new Oil Market Monitor dashboard here Key Market Themes The post-FOMC …
21st March 2022
Flash PMIs for March to give first steer on how the war in Ukraine has impacted DM economies UK chancellor may announce a small support package for households in the spring statement We expect Mexico’s central bank to raise its policy rate by 75bp on …
18th March 2022
We think the war in Ukraine and a more hawkish Fed will cause the yield of 10-year US Treasuries and the US dollar generally to end 2022 and 2023 a bit higher than we had previously anticipated. We now also expect DM equities to be a bit lower by the end …
Bank of Japan may push back against speculation about policy tightening We suspect that Russia’s central bank will stand pat (10.30 GMT) Strong growth in Q4 may be as good as it gets for Chile’s economy (11.30 GMT) Key Market Themes The pound gave back …
17th March 2022
We think the Fed’s tightening cycle will lead to the 10-year Treasury yield ending this year and next a bit higher than we had previously anticipated, although we still expect it to rise only gradually. The Fed has started its tightening cycle in a …
The Fed is widely expected to begin its tightening cycle (18.00 GMT) We think the BoE will continue its own hiking cycle with another 25bp rate rise (12.00 GMT) US industrial production data may show output rose fairly strongly in February (13.15 GMT) Key …
16th March 2022
Some of the effects of the war on markets have begun to unwind in recent days, but we think a few of the changes it has brought about will last even if the mood in markets continues to improve. While the situation remains volatile, at the time of writing …
We think that US retail sales rebounded in February (12.30 GMT) The Fed is widely expected to deliver its first rate hike of this cycle (18.00 GMT) Brazil’s central bank may hike its policy rate by another 100bp (21.30 GMT) Key Market Themes With several …
15th March 2022
We expect the PBOC to cut its Medium-term Lending Facility Rate by 10bp We think unemployment in the UK continued to edge lower in January (07.00 GMT) Producer price inflation in the US probably remained elevated last month (12.30 GMT) Key Market Themes …
14th March 2022
We expect the Fed and the BoE to raise their policy rates by 25bp… (Wed. & Thu.) … and Brazil’s central bank to hike interest rates by 100bp, to 11.75% (Wed.) In contrast, policymakers in Japan, Russia and Turkey will probably leave rates unchanged Key …
11th March 2022
Although a gap between euro-zone corporate and peripheral sovereign spreads opened up after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, it has begun to close recently and we think that it will shrink further . The spreads between the yields of long-dated …
The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russian oil trade have increased oil prices by as much as 40% so far this year, but we don’t think higher energy costs will derail the US stock market as they might have at times in the past. Oil prices have surged in …
We think UK GDP will have reversed all of December’s drop in January (07.00 GMT) Higher oil prices probably weighed on US consumer confidence this month (15.00 GMT) Clients can view our new Oil Market Monitor dashboard here Key Market Themes While the ECB …
10th March 2022
We estimate that US headline inflation reached 7.7% last month (13.30 GMT) Lagarde will probably try to strike a reassuring tone after tomorrow’s ECB meeting Korea’s presidential election too close to call ahead of final results tomorrow morning Key …
9th March 2022
The US stock market has so far held up fairly well despite the Russia-Ukraine war. We think it will probably manage to make small gains over the rest of the year, although there are clear downside risks. The Russia-Ukraine war has sent tremors through …
Consumer price inflation in China probably remained subdued last month (01.30 GMT) … … while we think headline inflation in Mexico rose to almost 8% (12.00 GMT) Clients can view our new Oil Market Monitor dashboard here Key Market Themes We doubt that …
8th March 2022
We expect a 50bp rate hike in Poland, but there is a risk of a larger increase Clients can view our new Oil Market Monitor dashboard here Read our latest research on the economic impact of the war in Ukraine here Key Market Themes History suggests that …
7th March 2022
China’s FX reserves data may reveal PBOC intervention (Mon.) We think the Russia-Ukraine war will mean the ECB delays its plans to normalise policy (Thu.) Core consumer prices in the US may have risen by less in February than January (Thu.) Key Market …
4th March 2022
This Update discusses three ways in which the outbreak of war in Ukraine has called into question our asset allocation views. While the situation is fluid and the outlook especially uncertain, it also provides our initial thoughts on how things might play …
The onset of other major conflicts and military-related crises have often seen global equity indices tumble, while moves in developed market government bond yields have depended on how energy prices and central banks responded. This suggests to us that …
While Russia’s financial markets have unravelled since the country’s invasion of Ukraine, global markets have so far held up relatively well. But the mood seems to have turned a bit in recent days, and there are now some early signs of financial stress …
3rd March 2022
Omicron outbreak probably weighed on euro-zone retail sales in January (10.00 GMT) We think US non-farm payrolls rose by 600,000 last month (13.30 GMT) Read our latest research on the economic impact of the war in Ukraine here Key Market Themes So far, …
While the war in Ukraine may well push down the yields of long-dated developed market (DM) government bonds further in the near term, we think that a sustained rally in bonds is unlikely unless the war causes a sharp fall in output in major DMs, which, …
2nd March 2022
We think Euro-zone unemployment fell to its lowest recorded level in January (10.00 GMT) The US ISM services index probably declined further in February (15.00 GMT) Read our latest research on the economic impact of the war in Ukraine here Key Market …
Euro-zone inflation may have risen to almost 6% in February (10.00 GMT) We expect the Bank of Canada to hike rates by 25bp and begin QT (15.00 GMT) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes While the war in Ukraine has …
1st March 2022
New sanctions on Russia have led to a sharp plunge in the ruble, and an effective freeze of most of the country’s financial markets. We think that the outlook now depends mainly on the extent to which this marks the start of an enduring break in Russia’s …
28th February 2022
Inflation may have reached 5.5% in Germany in January (13.00 GMT) The US ISM Manufacturing Index probably fell back a bit this month (15.00 GMT) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes Aside from Russia , most major …
We expect the Bank of Canada to kick off its tightening cycle next week (Wednesday) Fading of Omicron virus wave probably boosted US non-farm payrolls in February (Friday) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes After a …
25th February 2022
Amid all the volatility in global markets during the Russia-Ukraine conflict so far, we think there are several key lessons we can draw from the relative performance of bonds, equities and currencies that will help to inform how they might evolve from …
President Biden is expected to announce new sanctions on Russia later on Thursday You can watch a recording of our latest Drop-In event on Russia-Ukraine developments here Also see here for all of our reports on the economic and market implications of the …
24th February 2022
Raft of speeches by Fed officials may shed more light on the likely size of the first rate hike We think Mexico’s headline inflation edged down to 7.0% in mid-February (12.00 GMT) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here , and sign up for …
23rd February 2022
While the mood seems to have improved a little at the time of writing, the S&P 500 closed yesterday more than 10% lower than its recent peak at the start of the year, satisfying the criteria for a stock market correction for the first time since 2020. The …
We expect New Zealand’s central bank to raise its policy rate by 25bp (02.00 GMT) Sign up to hear our take on South Africa’s upcoming budget here Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes While continued escalation of …
22nd February 2022
The German IfO Survey is likely to show continued price pressures (09.00 GMT) We expect Hungary’s central bank to raise its base rate by 50bp (13.00 GMT) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes We doubt that the rise in …
21st February 2022
The threat of sanctions has weighed on Russia’s stock market recently, but even if tensions abated we wouldn’t expect it to make big gains over the next couple of years. Russia’s equities have been volatile lately, but the big picture is that the tensions …
18th February 2022
We think that policymakers in New Zealand will hike interest rates by another 25bp … (Wed.) … but Korea’s central bank is likely to pause its tightening cycle (Thu.) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes While …
With tensions between Russia and Ukraine continuing, the risk of a conflict with far-reaching economic consequences remains uncomfortably high. This Update considers what the impact on global financial markets has been so far, and the potential …
UK retail sales probably rebounded in January as the Omicron wave eased (07.00 GMT) We think Sweden’s CPIF inflation dropped back last month (07.00 GMT) Read our latest reports on the Russia-Ukraine crisis here Key Market Themes While investors have now …
17th February 2022
We think that the gap between the yields of 10-year German and Swiss government bonds will re-emerge over the next couple of years as the ECB tightens policy more quickly than the SNB. Prior to the pandemic, there was a spread between the yield of the …
FOMC minutes later on Wednesday may provide clues on the pace of rate hikes (19.00 GMT) The recovery in Australia’s labour market may have stalled in January (01.30 GMT) We think Turkey’s central bank will leave rates on hold on Thursday (11.00 GMT) Key …
16th February 2022
Even if tensions between Russia and Ukraine abated, we wouldn’t expect risky assets to gain all that much over the rest of this year and next, mainly because we think ongoing monetary tightening would continue to keep a lid on any rally. Risky assets have …
We think that Chinese consumer price inflation dropped back in January … (01.30 GMT) … but headline inflation in the UK and Canada probably held steady We expect US retail sales rebounded fairly strongly last month (13.30 GMT) Key Market Themes We expect …
15th February 2022
We expect the PBOC to cut its Medium-term Lending Facility rate by 10bp Employment in the UK probably fell by 75,000 in December (07.00 GMT) We think that Q4 GDP in Japan rebounded by 1.8% q/q (23.50 GMT) Key Market Themes Two unfamiliar and (largely) …
14th February 2022
We think that yields of 10-year emerging market (EM) local-currency (LC) government bonds may, in general, increase by more in Asia than in other regions by end-2023, in contrast with the pattern over the past year. The main exception is in China, where …
11th February 2022
Fed minutes may shed more light on the likelihood of a 50bp rate hike in March (Wednesday) We think the UK labour market remained tight in December (Tuesday) We expect the PBOC to cut the rate on its medium-term lending facility by 10bp (Monday) Key …
