Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has shown a commitment to fiscal consolidation while for the most part placating the BJP’s coalition partners in today’s FY24/25 Union Budget announcement. There is always a chance of fiscal slippage, but recent success …
23rd July 2024
We doubt the independent pay review bodies’ recommendations for the government to give teachers and NHS staff a 5.5% pay rise will prevent wage growth from slowing to 3.0% by the end of next year. But if the government chooses to extend this pay rise to …
Much of the recent resilience in Australia’s house price growth can be attributed to a handful of capital cities where the property markets have gone from strength to strength. We believe that there are a number of factors that help explain the divergence …
The complete Third Plenum “Decision” document provides interesting details on the leadership’s reform agenda across a range of areas. Overall though, it reinforces the central message in last week’s initial Plenum communiqué: Xi Jinping continues to place …
22nd July 2024
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The recent set of mild inflation data and growing concerns among Fed officials about downside risks to the labour market reinforce our view that the first interest rate cut will come in September. We forecast that core PCE inflation will return to the 2% …
Overview – House prices will probably remain flat for the rest of 2024, but lower mortgage rates will provide scope for prices to beat expectations next year. Indeed, our forecast that Bank Rate will be lowered by more than investors anticipate suggests …
Increases in solar panel and battery exports propelled our proprietary measure of China’s green export volumes to a record high in June. Given the rapid expansion in Chinese manufacturing capacity, the large wedge between export values and volumes will …
The dramatic departure of Joe Biden throws fresh uncertainty into the US presidential election race. With just over three months to go, Democrats are scrambling to agree a candidate and Donald Trump is looking only slight less likely to win in November in …
Economic recovery still on track Poland’s retail sales data released today were slightly weaker than expected, but the big picture is that the whole set of activity data for June suggest that the economic recovery has remained relatively strong. Taken …
PBOC responds to leadership's call for more easing The PBOC has lowered its short-term policy rate for the first time since last summer, in line with our expectation for a cut this quarter. Its efforts to prevent long-term yields from falling therefore do …
After his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden has dropped out of the race to be re-elected in this November’s election. His withdrawal letter acknowledges Vice President Kamala Harris as “an extraordinary partner in all this” and, in a …
21st July 2024
The US dollar has bounced back over the past couple of days as interest rate expectations in the US have rebounded a little and the risk-off shift in equities bled into currency markets. While the Japanese yen has given back some of its …
19th July 2024
Nigeria: yet more spending…. Nigeria announced this week that it needs to raise its 2024 budget spending again, which will be funded by a windfall tax on banks. But efforts are needed to permanently boost revenues if Nigeria’s public finances aren’t to be …
In the latest episode of The Weekly Briefing from Capital Economics, Chief Global Economist Jennifer McKeown speaks about the macroeconomic implications of the global IT outage before going on to explain what’s happening to the world inflation and …
Despite some measures of monthly core price growth remaining above the rates consistent with 2% inflation, the June CPI release on the whole supported the case for another interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada next week. Downward trend in inflation …
GDP breakdown points to weaker services activity The lower-than-expected Q2 GDP figures released earlier this week suggest that China’s economy has lost some momentum recently. The detailed sectoral breakdown, published a day after the headline data, …
Shelter disinflation adds to case for September rate cut Fed officials back September rate cut In comments ahead of the pre-July FOMC blackout that begins this weekend, Fed officials appeared open to a September rate cut. On Monday, Chair Jerome Powell …
The global IT outages affecting Windows software are causing huge temporary disruption to certain sectors including travel and healthcare, but while things are still very uncertain we do not anticipate a major macroeconomic or financial market impact at …
We expect Japan’s stock market to continue to struggle in yen terms, but to fare better in US dollar terms over the rest of the year. Asian equities have succumbed to the sell-off in global tech stocks this week. But in Japan’s case, the strengthening yen …
The weaker-than-expected economic activity data for China in Q2 weighed on industrial metals prices early in the week. The mood was further darkened by the lack of any specific stimulus announcements at the Third Plenum and resulted in most industrial …
Argentina: falling back into old habits? While it was a good week for Argentine football – the Albiceleste won the Copa America for a second consecutive time – the opposite was the case for Argentine financial assets. Sovereign dollar bonds and the Merval …
Donald Trump says he can end the war in Ukraine in a day if he’s re-elected this November. What are the implications for economies and markets if he wins in November and makes good on his pledge to bring the two-and-a-half year old conflict to a …
