Europe Economics Update High-quality job growth supporting Spanish incomes While Spain’s fast rate of employment growth has attracted attention recently, the quality of jobs has also improved. In particular, the information and communication sector has seen significant... 27th November 2025 · 3 mins read
Europe Economics Update No surge in EZ imports from China this year Fears of an influx of imports from China to the euro-zone this year have not materialised. The volume of imports from China has risen but not at an exceptional pace, and both volumes and values remain... 25th November 2025 · 3 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update 2026 looking brighter for European property investment The muted, uneven recovery in European investment continued in Q3, with indicators suggesting this will persist in Q4. The outlook for 2026 looks brighter, with lower interest rates providing a key... 25th November 2025 · 3 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack Europe Commercial Property Chart Pack (Q4 2025) Softening rental growth and steady yields weighed on capital value growth in many markets in Q3. And this is likely to continue, with our Capital Value Lead Indicator pointing to a further slowdown in... 24th November 2025 · 0 mins read
Europe Rapid Response Germany Ifo Survey (November 2025) The fall in the German Ifo in November chimes with the drop in the Composite PMI and suggests that the German economy remains weak, with the fiscal stimulus is not yet having a meaningful impact. We... 24th November 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Economics Weekly Wage growth falling, consumers gloomy, EC optimistic Data published this week confirmed that wage growth is slowing and consumers are downbeat. As a result, household spending growth is likely to remain subdued. Next week, we expect to learn that... 21st November 2025 · 7 mins read
Europe Rapid Response Euro-zone Flash PMIs (November 2025) November’s flash PMI for the euro-zone was little changed from the reading in October and suggests that the economy has continued to expand only slowly in the fourth quarter, while inflationary... 21st November 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Economics Focus Has France’s RN turned moderate? As it has dropped plans for “Frexit”, scaled back its tax and spending promises and made overtures to business, the RN is worrying investors less than it did in the past. However, it is no more likely... 20th November 2025 · 16 mins read
Europe Economics Focus What to make of euro-zone inflation differentials Next year, inflation is likely to remain higher in Spain and Germany than in Italy and France. But unlike in the 2000s, inflation differentials are not currently a sign that unsustainable imbalances... 19th November 2025 · 9 mins read
Europe Economics Update Euro-zone inflation to fall below 2% soon Euro-zone inflation has hovered close to or above the 2% target for over a year, but we think it will fall to about 1.5% in January and average just 1.3% in 2026. 19th November 2025 · 4 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Valuation Monitor Europe Commercial Property Valuation Monitor (Q4 2025) Commercial property valuations held steady in Q3, supported by lower equity dividend yields despite higher government bond yields. Looking ahead, there is limited scope for falls in government bond... 19th November 2025 · 0 mins read
Europe Economics Update North-south divide emerges in Europe AI usage It is still early days in the roll-out of AI but the data available at this stage suggest that there is a big variation in its usage between European economies. Firms in the Nordics and Benelux are... 18th November 2025 · 5 mins read
Europe Economics Weekly France delays pension reform; Swiss-US talks The narrowing in the spread on French government bonds over the past month may reflect the fact that France has avoided early elections for now and the latest economic data have been quite strong. But... 14th November 2025 · 6 mins read
Europe Rapid Response EZ GDP (2nd est.) & Employment (Q3) Data released today confirm that economic growth in the euro-zone picked up in Q3 but remained fairly subdued and that the labour market is cooling. We expect growth to remain sluggish and the labour... 14th November 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Rapid Response Euro-zone Industrial Production (September 2025) The 0.2% increase in euro-zone industrial production in September offset only part of the previous month’s 1.1% decline. The big picture is that industrial output is subdued and the sector is likely... 13th November 2025 · 2 mins read
Europe Commercial Property Update RICS surveyors’ expectations for EZ property recovery downgraded The RICS survey showed a softening in demand, investment enquiries and the outlook for capital values in the euro-zone in Q3, consistent with our view that the commercial property recovery will weaken... 13th November 2025 · 3 mins read
