We are resending this publication due to an error in the previous version. Inflation will fall below 2% by mid-2023 Inflation edged up in November and will peak at around 4% around the turn of the year, but we expect it to fall back below the Bank of …
22nd December 2022
CBE acts aggressively to counter inflation surge and weaker pound The 300bp interest rate hike by the Egyptian Central Bank (CBE), which took the overnight deposit rate to 16.25%, suggests that policymakers are even more concerned about rising inflation …
A renewed pullback in global equity markets and rise in bond yields in December is set to cap off a historically poor year for returns from both “risky” and “safe” asset classes. In fact, once the surge in inflation in 2022 is accounted for, returns …
Unusually, investors have been reducing their net-long position in the oil futures market, but increasing their position in industrial metals. We suspect this reflects optimism about China reopening at a time when the global economy is entering …
We expect US data to show weak economic momentum in November (13.30 GMT) Clients can read our World In 2023 reports here … …and register for the related Drop-In sessions, in early January, on the same page The next edition of the Capital Daily will be …
A ceiling agreed but with lots of caveats We don’t think the EU announcement of a cap on wholesale gas prices from February next year will have any practical impact. At first sight, the mechanism looks like a big deal. The ceiling of €180/MWh is much …
Jump in money supply won’t worry the SNB Swiss money supply data for November, released earlier this week, showed that M3 increased at its fastest year-on-year pace since February. (See Chart 1.) This could, at least in theory, encourage policymakers to …
Fall in inflation paves the way for end of tightening cycle The second consecutive fall in Mexico’s mid-month inflation, to 7.8% y/y in December, confirms that inflation is now on a downward trajectory. This will allow Banxico to draw its tightening cycle …
Tunisia’s debt problem: resolution further away? Parliamentary elections in Tunisia last weekend saw only 9% of the electorate turn out to vote after a boycott by opposition parties. The new parliament will be dominated by independent politicians, which …
Global steel supply well and truly in the doldrums Global steel output is now firmly in contractionary territory by any measure. With several headwinds unlikely to relent soon, it is likely that output will weaken even further from here. Figures released …
Although prime property in Turkey saw strong rental gains in 2022, a slowing economy looks set to weigh on occupier demand and cause rent growth to decelerate next year. Meanwhile, the risk of a sharper depreciation of the lira risks pricing out local …
We think investors are still too optimistic on global growth, and that “risky” assets will struggle over the first half of 2023 as a result. Investors seem increasingly to have come around to our view on inflation over the past couple of months, namely …
CBRT on hold … for now Turkey’s central bank (CBRT) stuck to its previous guidance today and left its policy rate on hold, at 9.00%, but there is clearly a risk that President Erdogan forces the CBRT to restart its easing cycle, particularly with the 2023 …
Our China Activity Proxy (CAP) reveals the extent of the economic damage being done by the zero-COVID policy in its final weeks. Hopes that its ending would lead to a rapid recovery have been dashed though, as the rapid spread of infections has caused …
Bank Indonesia (BI) today raised interest rates for a fifth consecutive meeting, but slowed the pace of tightening with a 25bp hike (to 5.50%). With inflation still well above target, the central bank has more work to do. But provided the currency …
Bank Indonesia slows pace of tightening, but further hikes are likely Bank Indonesia (BI) today raised interest rates for a fifth consecutive meeting but slowed the pace of tightening by raising interest rates by just 25bps (to 5.50%) from 50bp at its …
Even though we expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates further from 3.50% now to a peak of 4.50%, we doubt the recent increase in gilt yields will be sustained. Instead, we think yields may fall from 3.60% currently to 2.75% by the end of 2023 …
21st December 2022
Flat US production will keep stocks low This week’s report showed a sizeable drop in commercial crude stocks as net imports fell sharply. With US production unlikely to rise by much and plans for strategic reserves to be refilled next year, crude stocks …
The dollar has stabilised over the past month after its sharp fall in November, and we continue to think that a slowing global economy and worsening risk sentiment will lead to another (possibly final) leg up in the dollar over the first half of 2023. …
The November CPI report marked the second successive undershoot in inflation and there is mounting evidence that it will continue to fall sharply in 2023. (See Chart 1.) Core goods prices are coming under broad-based downward pressure, as easing supply …
We expect Indonesia’s central bank to hike by 25bp tomorrow (07.20 GMT) Turkey’s central bank will probably leave policy on hold (11.00 GMT) We think inflation in Mexico edged down in the first half of December (12.00 GMT) Key Market Themes We doubt the …
The renewed rise in the three-month annualised rates of CPI-trim and CPI-median inflation in November call into question the idea that the Bank of Canada has already finished its tightening cycle. Those rates are not published by either Stats Can or the …
Spike in mortgage rates feeds through to sales Existing home sales experienced their largest drop in nine months in November, as October’s spike in mortgage rates fed through to sales. But mortgage rates have since dropped back and are likely to fall …
Upside surprise keeps the pressure on the Bank Overall inflation pressures were stronger than anticipated in November and the 3-month annualised measures of CPI-trim and CPI-median both increased. This supports our view that the Bank of Canada will err on …
Jump in rents drives upside surprise in inflation Overall inflation pressures were stronger than anticipated in November and support our view that the Bank of Canada will err on the side of hawkish caution with a final interest rate hike in the new year. …
Rate cuts to arrive in mid-2023 The Czech National Bank (CNB) left its policy rate on hold, at 7.00%, as expected again today and, with inflation set to drop sharply from Q1, we think the CNB will be one of the first EM central banks to cut rates next …
Tightening cycles have been a key feature of 2022 across the emerging world, but the end is in sight as we enter 2023. Some EM central banks that began tightening early – for example Brazil, Chile and Czech Republic – have already brought an end to …
We expect lower global risk appetite, as well as rising country-specific risk premia in some cases, to put upward pressure on the yields of 10-year local-currency (LC) government bonds in emerging markets (EM) in the first half of 2023. But later in the …
The slide in the price of oil since November has a little further to go in early 2023 and, while we think prices will recover later in the year, hydrocarbon revenues in the Gulf will be lower than this year. Even so, most of the Gulf economies will run …
Resilience to give way to mild recession November’s activity data for Poland were much better than expected and provide further evidence of the economy’s relative resilience to the drags from high inflation and interest rates. Even so, we still expect a …
The impending recession will hit jobs growth across the office-based sector. But the impact on office demand is likely to be greatest in markets that have a large exposure to the tech sector. This reflects that the recent pace of tech jobs growth looks …
Fiscal stimulus pushes borrowing to a record November high November’s public finances figures showed that government borrowing is rising fast. And with pressures from the weakening economy and most of the costs from the government’s energy price support …
Fiscal stimulus and high inflation pushes borrowing to a record November high November’s public finances figures showed that government borrowing is rising fast. And the trio of the government’s energy price support, cost of living payments and pressures …
The jump in bond yields and the further strengthening of the yen following the widening of the Bank of Japan’s tolerance band for 10-year JGB yields will lower the value of assets owned by Japanese investors. Insurance firms will be most affected by …
According to RBA estimates, household interest payments jumped from 5.1% of disposable income in Q1 to 6.9% last quarter and we expect them to reach 12.5% by end-2023. (See Chart 1.) With household debt around record highs of 189% of disposable income, …
The surge in government bond yields around the world in response to today’s decision by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to tweak its policy of Yield Curve Control (YCC) highlights the risks to international markets posed by the country’s huge investment overseas. …
20th December 2022
The EU’s new policy to limit gas prices is unlikely to be activated next year. And with so many caveats built in, it seems the only thing countries agreed on was that a cap was indeed needed to show unity. We are sceptical that the EU’s mechanism to cap …
Headline inflation may have dropped back in Canada in November (13.30 GMT) We expect the Czech central bank to keep interest rates on hold (13.30 GMT) Sign up here for our Drop-In on Wednesday to discuss the BoJ decision Key Market Themes Although …
Click here to read the full report. Table of Key Forecasts Overview – The sharp slowdown in EM GDP growth seen in 2022 is likely to be followed by further weakness across most of the emerging world in 2023. Sluggish growth and falling inflation will …
The Bank of Japan's last policy meeting of 2022 was a big one, with a surprise announcement of changes to its yield curve control policy. In this special episode, Marcel Thieliant, who leads our Japan coverage, speaks to David Wilder about out what the …
The government’s reform agenda struggled for momentum in 2022 as key state elections (notably in Uttar Pradesh in March and Gujarat in December) dominated the calendar, and surging food and fuel prices set a tricky political backdrop. But the results of …
Weak new home demand weighs on starts Single-family housing starts continued to fall in November as weak new home demand weighed on homebuilder confidence. We expect this to push starts down to a trough of 650,000 annualised in the coming months, before a …
Sales volumes struggling for momentum Retail sales volumes are struggling for momentum and, with the services spending indicators also showing some weakness, household consumption may be heading for a second consecutive quarterly contraction. The 1.4% …
The Bank of Japan’s unexpected decision to alter its yield curve control (YCC) policy has led to a surge in the yen today; we now expect the USD/JPY rate to drop further, reaching 125 by end-2023. The yen has jumped by ~3% against other major currencies, …
Aluminium production in decline, despite positive base effects A low base in 2021 is driving an increase in global aluminium output this year, but the bigger picture is that growth in supply is slowing as high power costs and soft demand take their …
MNB staying the course as inflation pressures persist Hungary’s central bank (MNB) left its base rate on hold again at 13.00% and is likely to use its communications later today to reaffirm its commitment to its market stabilisation tools to defend the …
The past few weeks have brought mostly good news on the inflation front, with the headline rate dropping back in most countries in November. (See Chart 4.) Less encouragingly, however, core inflation has continued to rise and is now at multi-year highs …
Following on from our recent background note on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the signing off on the tool by EU Ministers over the weekend, this Update examines which countries may be most affected by the eventual introduction of …
Does the Bank of Japan’s surprise announcement about changes to its yield curve control policy point to a fundamental shift in its monetary stance? Is this new regime defensible? And what will these changes mean for JGBs the yen, and for financial markets …
While we had expected the rise in risk-free rates and upcoming recession to boost yields, the speed at which they have increased has been surprising. All-property equivalent yields rose by a total of 78bps in October and November, reversing all the …
