UK Economics Focus How do we get out of this fiscal mess? Getting the public finances back to a sustainable position within a reasonable timeframe is likely to require both sizeable tax increases and the tightest squeeze on public spending seen for... 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Outlook Yields will peak this year, but rental downturn means capital values are set to fall further (Q2 09) Our economic and commercial property forecasts are broadly unchanged from the previous Analyst. We still expect the recession to run well into next year and for all-property capital values to decline... 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Decline in bond spreads may not go much further The recent decline in the spread between German and other euro-zone government bond yields is an encouraging sign that rising fiscal deficits in the region are unlikely to lead peripheral governments’... 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Growth outlook suggests more upside for Asian currencies Widening growth differentials between Emerging Asia and the US should result in further gains in Asian currencies against the dollar over the next 12-18 months. 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update Reserve Bank of India turns its mind to inflation risks India’s central bank is increasingly concerned about inflation risks, raising the likelihood that it will hike interest rates before the end of the year. 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Chart Pack IPD rental values remain on track for double-digit fall in 2009 (Aug 09) 28th July 2009 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Will swine flu prolong the recession? With the number of reported cases of swine flu rising sharply, estimates of the impact of the pandemic on the global and UK economies are escalating too. Upper estimates for the damage to the UK have... 27th July 2009 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Will swine flu prolong the recession? With the number of reported cases of swine flu rising sharply, estimates of the impact of the pandemic on the global and UK economies are escalating too. Upper estimates for the damage to the UK have... 27th July 2009 · 1 min read