US Housing Market Update Questions from our latest US housing drop-in We held a 20-minute online briefing this week to discuss our new forecast for the US housing market in 2024. You can watch the recording of the “drop-in” here. This Update recaps our answers to the... 25th January 2024 · 4 mins read
US Fed Watch March rate cut is data dependent At next week’s FOMC meeting, we don’t expect the Fed to hint at upcoming rate cuts and it may even maintain its tightening bias in the accompanying statement. Frankly, everything depends on the... 24th January 2024 · 8 mins read
Capital Daily We think the rally in the S&P 500 has a lot further to run Judging by the latest rally in some ‘big-tech’ sectors, renewed hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to explain why the S&P 500 has just racked up a new record high despite a recent rebound... 22nd January 2024 · 4 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Why we see more distress coming in 2024 We expect evidence of distress to ramp up this year as loan extensions end. Many borrowers will be forced to either inject new capital, return assets to lenders or sell into a soft market. Those... 22nd January 2024 · 4 mins read
US Chart Pack US Chart Pack (Jan. 2024) As core PCE inflation is on track to return to the 2% target by the middle of this year, we expect the Fed to cut interest rates by 25bp at every meeting from March onwards, with rates eventually... 22nd January 2024 · 1 min read
Capital Daily US and UK equities are more alike than it seems US large cap equities have vastly outperformed UK ones over the past year or so, but that is skewed by the performance of the biggest names on both sides of the Atlantic. Indeed, there is little... 19th January 2024 · 4 mins read
US Economics Weekly Could disinflation go too far? We argued last week that there was little to support the idea that the “last mile” of getting inflation back to 2% will somehow be the hardest. But new data on rent inflation released this week raise... 19th January 2024 · 7 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response Existing Home Sales (Dec. 2023) A drop in existing home sales in December confirmed that they fell by 20% y/y in 2023 as a whole to their lowest level since 1995. (See Chart 1.) Lack of supply was the main reason existing home sales... 19th January 2024 · 2 mins read
Global Inflation Watch Will the last mile be the hardest? The easiest wins in the disinflation battle are behind us now that base effects from the previous surge in energy prices have run their course. Indeed, we expect energy effects to lift inflation in... 18th January 2024 · 16 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response Housing Starts (Dec. 2023) Housing starts fell last month reversing almost half of November’s huge weather-driven 11% m/m increase, but remained stronger than they were in the summer. The fall on the month was something of a... 18th January 2024 · 2 mins read
Global Markets Focus Why we expect the S&P 500 to soar in 2024 This Global Markets Focus explains why we expect the S&P 500 to soar in 2024, in contrast to those who anticipate a much tougher year for the index after a banner 2023. In view of the wider interest... 17th January 2024 · 16 mins read
US Housing Market Chart Pack US Housing Market Chart Pack We anticipate that mortgage rates will continue to fall in 2024, but more gradually than they have recently from 6.8% now to 6.25% by the end of the year. That won’t be enough to bring a great deal of... 17th January 2024 · 1 min read
US Rapid Response Industrial Production (Dec.) The muted rise in manufacturing output in December shows that the sector continues to struggle, even as consumption growth remains strong. 17th January 2024 · 1 min read
US Rapid Response US Retail Sales (Dec.) The 0.6% m/m rise in retail sales in December may have been supported by the unseasonably mild weather, but it still means there is no sign that households are buckling under the pressure of higher... 17th January 2024 · 2 mins read