Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly What does the surge in full-time jobs mean for wages? While the acceleration in full-time jobs growth in Australia since the start of the year is clearly a positive development for income and consumption growth, the impact on wage growth and inflation is... 15th September 2017 · 1 min read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Update Near-term downside risks to dollar declining The recent rise of the Australian dollar to US$0.80 and developments overseas have led us to revise up our end-year forecast from US$0.70 to US$0.75. But we still believe that a fall in iron ore... 15th September 2017 · 1 min read
Industrial Metals Update China Industrial Metals Demand Monitor (Aug.) China’s August activity and spending data suggest that the slowdown that started in July continued into August. In particular, a downturn in infrastructure spending does not bode well for metals... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Central Bank Watch Norges Bank to signal no rate hike until 2019 The Norges Bank is likely to leave the key policy rate at 0.50% next week, and we think that it will also leave its interest rate forecast unchanged, showing no change in rates until 2019. Although... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Capital Daily How vulnerable is the FTSE 100 to tighter UK monetary policy? 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Canada Economics Update Canadian dollar likely to tumble next year The Bank of Canada’s unexpectedly aggressive monetary tightening this year, which stands in stark contrast to the Fed’s over-cautious approach, largely explains the surge in the Canadian dollar this... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Europe Commercial Property Update Where next for Italian industrial rents? A surge in occupier demand has boosted industrial rents in Milan and Rome. But while there is scope for rents to move higher, we don’t think that the current pace of growth will be sustained. 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
US Data Response Consumer Prices (Aug.) August’s report confirms that the earlier decline in core CPI inflation was largely due to idiosyncratic factors that are now fading or going into reverse. We still don’t expect the Fed to hike... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Middle East & North Africa Economics Update Kuwait: strong balance sheet, but weak growth Kuwait’s balance sheet is the strongest in the GCC, but ongoing austerity and slow implementation of the latest development plan mean it is likely to be among the region’s weaker performers in 2018-19... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update MPC signals rate hike as soon as November The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) gave a pretty clear signal today that it intends to raise interest rates within the next few months. We now expect a 25bp hike in November. 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Update Turkish MPC takes hawkish line after inflation surprise Last month’s jump in inflation prompted the Turkish MPC to adopt a more hawkish line in the statement accompanying today’s meeting, at which interest rates were left unchanged. Even so, with inflation... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Economics Update SNB language tweaks don’t signal policy shift The Swiss National Bank today acknowledged the depreciation of the franc over recent months but stressed that it was still necessary to keep interest rates at rock-bottom levels and maintain the... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Africa Data Response South Africa Current Account (Q2) South Africa’s current account deficit was wider than expected in Q2, at 2.4% of GDP, but the big picture is that it has narrowed significantly over the past 18 months. The slightly wider shortfall is... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response RICS Residential Market Survey (Aug.) Buyer enquiries showed no signs of life in August. That, and the fact that newly agreed sales continued to fall, dampens the prospect of a more rapid recovery in activity over the next few months. 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Australia & New Zealand Data Response Australia Labour Market (Aug.) The age-old volatility of Australia’s jobs data has given way to a remarkable period of consistency, with the 54,200 leap in August marking the eleventh rise in as many months. That’s the longest run... 14th September 2017 · 1 min read
Commodities Update Investor buying boosts metals prices Commodities prices trended higher in the last month, supported by increased speculative activity and a weaker dollar. Metals benefited from robust Chinese activity data and heightened geopolitical... 13th September 2017 · 1 min read
