India Data Response Industrial Production (Sep.) Industrial production in India rebounded strongly in September, but we don’t expect this strength to last. Higher interest rates and the slowdown in global demand look set to weigh heavily on the... 11th November 2022 · 2 mins read
India Economics Weekly Coal giving ground slowly to renewables India’s dependence on coal and its plans to increase coal-powered generating capacity have been talking points at COP27. In the recent past, this dependence has been an economic vulnerability as... 11th November 2022 · 6 mins read
Japan Economics Weekly Thinner savings rate buffer for spending in Q4 Private consumption remained resilient in the face of the record COVID wave in Q3, suggesting that households have finally learned to live with the virus. We’ve revised up our Q3 spending forecast... 11th November 2022 · 8 mins read
UK Data Response GDP (Sep. & Q3) About half of the 0.6% m/m fall in real GDP in September and half of the 0.2% q/q decline in Q3 as a whole was caused by the one-off reduction in the number of working days due to the extra bank... 11th November 2022 · 5 mins read
Emerging Europe Data Response Turkey Industrial Production & Retail Sales (Sep.) Turkish activity data for September show that industrial production has come under more pressure while retail sales have continued their remarkable resilience in the face of high inflation. On balance... 11th November 2022 · 3 mins read
Asia Data Response Malaysia GDP (Q3) Malaysia’s economy slowed in Q3, and we think growth will struggle over the coming quarters as lower commodity prices, weaker global demand and tighter monetary policy drag on prospects. 11th November 2022 · 2 mins read
UK Economics Chart Pack Fiscal policy tightening just as the recession begins While the risk premium that pushed gilt yields up and the pound down after the mini-budget has mostly been reversed under the stewardship of Sunak and Hunt, the fear that the markets will baulk at any... 10th November 2022 · 9 mins read
Africa Economics Update Nigeria’s economy heading from bad to worse Nigeria’s demonetisation efforts are likely to add to already-high economic costs of the country’s unorthodox policies. The resulting currency falls will fuel inflation further and disruptions to... 10th November 2022 · 3 mins read
China Economics Update Early zero-COVID exit would hurt economy in 2023 A shift away from zero-COVID would be positive for China’s economy over the medium term. But the immediate disruption of reopening would probably exceed the cost of keeping the policy in place... 10th November 2022 · 5 mins read
Event UK Drop-In: How far will Hunt’s Autumn Statement go to appease the markets? 1668700800 Chief UK Economist Paul Dales and Jonas Goltermann, a senior economist from our Global Markets team, held a client briefing shortly after the Chancellor’s 17th November statement, to discuss his fi
Japan Economics Update Global downturn will drag Japan into recession We still expect consumer spending to rise rapidly over the coming year. But with many overseas trading partners entering recession, exports will decline. That will prompt firms to pull in their horns... 10th November 2022 · 4 mins read
Asia Data Response Philippines GDP (Q3) The Philippines economy rebounded in the third quarter of the year, but we expect growth to slow over the coming months as high inflation, rising interest rates and weaker global demand weigh on... 10th November 2022 · 2 mins read
