Europe Data Response German & Italian Industrial Production (Oct.) October’s German and Italian industrial production data do little to alter the likelihood that the euro-zone has fallen back into recession in the fourth quarter. 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Update Should we be concerned about institutions’ property sell-off? At face value, net disposals of property by investing institutions in each of the past three months could be a sign that capital values will start to fall again very soon. Equally, however, it could... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Emerging Economies: Five key calls for 2012 We broadly agree with the consensus view that most emerging economies will hold up well in 2012. But with the US set to slow and the euro-zone heading towards break-up, the path ahead is going to be... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
UK Data Response Industrial Production (Oct.) October’s official UK industrial production figures were even weaker than we or the consensus had expected and suggested that the risk that the overall economy re-enters recession in the fourth... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economic Outlook Euro crisis to trigger recessions further east The deepening turmoil in the euro-zone is likely to drag large parts of Emerging Europe into recession over the next year. Financial sector vulnerabilities mean that recession risks are greatest in... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Lat Am equities to disappoint in 2012, outperform in 2013 In light of our revised assumption on the timing of the euro-zone break-up, we have revised our equity markets forecasts. We think that all of the region’s markets will fall next year, and expect them... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
Commodities Update Platinum’s low to be determined by rand and euro-zone We expect the price of platinum to fall from $1,520 per ounce to $1,300 in the next year due to ailing industrial demand. However, this will probably prove to be a cyclical low unless the rand weakens... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Update Are high rental yields supporting house prices? One explanation for why house prices have remained fairly well supported over the past year or two is that rental yields look attractive compared to the alternatives. Yet the track record of such... 7th December 2011 · 1 min read
US Fed Watch Fed to delay any action until early next year The announcement last Wednesday, of coordinated action by the Fed, ECB and other central banks to boost global dollar liquidity, will presumably have increased speculation that the Fed could take... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Bond market implications of future economic divergence The US and European business cycles have become highly synchronised in recent decades. But this does not preclude significant economic divergence in response to major structural events. The last of... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
Canada Economics Update Bank of Canada rate cuts still likely next year The Bank of Canada's intention to hold its policy rate at 1% for the time being does not rule out interest rate cuts early next year. External headwinds are likely to blow even harder next year and... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update Australia’s central bank to cut again in February The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lowered its cash rate by 25bp to 4.25% today. We see global growth slowing to a below-trend pace in 2012, which in turn should bring more policy loosening in... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response CoreLogic House Prices (Oct.) After having stabilised during the summer, in the three months to October prices on the CoreLogic index fell at an annualised rate of 7.5%. This is clearly disappointing when the domestic economy... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Are Warsaw office rents vulnerable to a renewed euro-zone recession? The strength of Warsaw’s office occupier market over the past couple of years suggests that the large and increasingly speculative development pipeline is not a risk to the rental outlook. However, a... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Brazil: Interest rates to fall further as economy stalls The Brazilian economy stagnated in Q3 and looks set to contract in Q4. As we said it would be at the time, the central bank’s decision to cut interest rates early has been fully vindicated and the... 6th December 2011 · 1 min read
