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We held a Drop-In on Wednesday to discuss what the evolving outlook for monetary policy and global growth means for our markets forecasts. This Update recaps the key questions we addressed in the Drop-In and answers several of the questions that we …
24th June 2022
With the outlook for the global economy worsening further and the Fed still on the war path, we have revised down our forecasts for many G10 “high-beta” currencies and several EM currencies . The US dollar has appreciated almost across the board this …
A handful of EM central banks have ramped up FX sales to provide support to weakening currencies over the past couple of months. And with inflation high and the US dollar likely to strengthen further, others could follow suit. FX intervention is unlikely …
We think inflation in Japan held steady at 2.5% in May (00.30 BST) German IFO likely to point towards recession (09.00 BST) Watch today’s Drop-In on tightening in Switzerland and the Nordic economies here Key Market Themes While the yield of 10-year US …
23rd June 2022
Although it has fallen back a little recently, we continue to think the greenback will appreciate further against most currencies as global economic growth disappoints. In our view, “safe-haven” demand has been a key driver of the latest strength in the …
We expect the Norges Bank to up the pace of tightening with a 50bp hike (09.00 BST) Policymakers in Egypt, the Philippines, and Mexico will also probably raise policy rates … … whereas we think that central banks in Indonesia and Turkey will leave rates …
22nd June 2022
We think inflation in the UK continued to edge higher in May (07.00 BST) We expect policymakers in Czechia to raise rates by 100bp (13.30 BST) Clients can sign up here for our Drop-In on our new financial market forecasts (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes …
21st June 2022
We think rising mortgage rates continued to weigh on US home sales in May (Tue. 15.00 BST) In this week’s drop-ins, we’ll discuss the macro risks of higher interest rates …(Tue. 15.00 BST) … and our new financial markets forecasts (Wed. 15.00 BST) Key …
20th June 2022
Among the flurry of central bank announcements, the continued plunge in equity markets, and wild gyrations across core government bond markets, currencies have been pulled in several directions this week. While the US dollar is ending the week only a …
17th June 2022
We expect rate hikes next week in Norway, Mexico, Czechia, the Philippines and Egypt Headline CPI inflation in the UK may have risen above 9% in May... (Wed.) ...but it probably remained around 2.5% in Japan (Fri.) Key Market Themes The BoJ left policy …
Bank of Japan may resist widening the tolerance band around its yield target, for now Final euro-zone inflation data will reveal the breadth of inflationary pressures there (10.00 BST) US industrial output probably rose at a healthy pace in May (14.15 …
16th June 2022
We expect the SNB to leave interest rates unchanged for now… (08.30 BST) …while we think the BoE will deliver a 50bp hike (12.00 BST) Clients can sign up here for our Drop-In on the Fed, ECB, BoE and markets (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes Euro-zone …
15th June 2022
The Turkish lira is once again depreciating sharply against the US dollar and we expect this to continue. We revise our forecasts for the lira and pencil in further substantial weakness by the end of 2022, to 24/$. The lira has plunged ~15% or so against …
The PBOC may ease policy tomorrow with a 10bp cut to its MLF rate (02.20 BST) We expect the Fed to hike by 75bp (19.00 BST) We think Brazil’s central bank will raise rates by 50bp (22.30 BST) Key Market Themes While the twin sell-off in bond and equity …
14th June 2022
The weakening in the yen to a 24-year low and a crack in the Bank of Japan’s ceiling on 10-year yields today is putting significant pressure on policymakers to respond. FX intervention is a possibility, but we doubt it would be effective. We suspect the …
13th June 2022
We think the UK’s unemployment rate held steady in April (07.00 BST) Germany’s ZEW sentiment indicator probably remained in recessionary territory (10.00 BST) We will be holding a drop-in on the outlook for Bank of England policy (15.00 BST) Key Market …
The US dollar rose against all major currencies this week, reversing some of its fall over the past month or so. Much of this strength came late in the week as equity markets came under renewed pressure in the aftermath of the ECB’s hawkish message at its …
10th June 2022
We expect China’s central bank to cut a key policy rate next week... (Wed.) ... while the US Federal Reserve is likely to hike by at least 50bp (Wed.) We expect 50bp rate hikes in the UK and Brazil as well Key Market Themes Given that price pressures in …
China’s inflation data may add to evidence that lockdowns were disinflationary (02.30 BST) High food and energy prices probably kept inflation above 8% in the US … (13.30 BST) … and elevated inflation probably weighed on consumer confidence in early June …
9th June 2022
While the spillovers from the renminbi’s depreciation against the US dollar over the past two months have in some ways been similar to previous periods of renminbi weakness, the impact on other emerging market (EM) currencies has differed somewhat from …
While we doubt it will be the main driver of the US dollar, the ongoing reduction in the size of the Fed’s balance sheet (i.e., “quantitative tightening”, or “QT”) adds to our conviction that the greenback will continue to appreciate over the rest of the …
ECB likely to give more details on its plans to normalise monetary policy (12.45 BST) China’s exports probably grew strongly in May as supply disruptions eased We expect Brazil’s headline inflation to have fallen a touch in May (13.00 BST) Key Market …
8th June 2022
We expect Poland’s central bank to raise its policy rate by 75bp The Reserve Bank of India may hike by another 50bp… (05.30 BST) …and clients can register for our post-RBI Drop-In here (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes Although we doubt it will appreciate …
7th June 2022
We expect a 25bp rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia (02.30 BST) South Africa’s economy may have slowed in Q1 (10.30 BST) The US trade deficit probably narrowed in April (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes With UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing a …
6th June 2022
We think growth in US non-farm payrolls slowed in May but remained strong (Friday 3 rd June) We expect the RBA to raise its policy rate by 25bp, to 0.6% (Tuesday 7 th June) ECB may give more clues on its tightening plans at its June meeting (Thursday 9 th …
1st June 2022
While it has rebounded over the past couple of weeks, we expect the renminbi to resume its fall against the US dollar as China’s economy underwhelms , interest rate differentials continue to shift against the renminbi, and the last two years’ strength of …
Euro-zone unemployment rate probably remained at a record low in April (10.00 BST) The US ISM manufacturing survey may have softened a touch in May (15.00 BST) We expect another 50bp rate hike from Canada’s central bank (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes We …
31st May 2022
China’s official PMIs probably increased but remained weak in May (02.30 BST) We think euro-zone headline inflation rose further in May, to just under 8% (10.00 BST) We expect the central bank of Hungary to hike its policy rate by 75bp, to 6.15% (13.00 …
30th May 2022
The US dollar seems set to end the week lower against most major currencies, a third successive weekly decline, and a drop of ~3% in the DXY index from its multi-year high earlier this month. In part, this week’s fall probably reflects the rebound in …
27th May 2022
We suspect that US non-farm payrolls climbed by 300,000 in May (Friday) We think euro-zone headline inflation rose further in May, to just below 8% (Tuesday) China’s PMIs probably increased but remained weak this month (Tuesday & Wednesday) Key Market …
While the US dollar has fallen back over the past couple of weeks after a strong run, we think that the key underlying drivers of the greenback’s appreciation this year remain in place. Although there has been a small rebound this week, the past month or …
We suspect that Australia’s retail sales remained strong in April… (02.30 BST) …and estimate that US consumer spending grew solidly too (13.30 BST) Clients can catch up on our latest Drop-In sessions here Key Market Themes Although the first estimate of …
26th May 2022
Fed minutes likely to shed more light on quantitative tightening plans (Wed 19.00 BST) Central banks in Korea, Russia and Turkey are set to make interest rate announcements (Thu.) We will be holding Drop-Ins on inflation in EM Asia and political risk in …
25th May 2022
New Zealand’s central bank may hike its policy rate by a further 50bp (03.00 BST) We expect US durable goods orders in April to point to strong investment growth (13.30 BST) Read about our highest conviction macro calls, and their market implications here …
24th May 2022
We expect Bank Indonesia to raise its policy rate by 25bp tomorrow (08:20 BST) UK PMIs may point to a fairly sharp slowdown in activity in May (09:30 BST) Register for tomorrow’s Drop-In on euro-zone monetary policy here Key Market Themes We doubt that …
23rd May 2022
After another volatile few days across financial markets, the US dollar looks set to end the week lower against most major currencies. (See Chart 1.) Given the renewed falls in “risky” assets, that is arguably somewhat surprising: the dollar generally …
20th May 2022
We expect rate hikes in New Zealand, Korea, Israel, Indonesia and Pakistan next week We think PMIs have fallen further this month in the euro-zone and the UK (Tue.) FOMC minutes may reveal more details on discussions around quantitative tightening (Wed.) …
So far, the sell-off across bond and equity markets this year has not triggered major signs of systemic risk. If that were to change, central banks would probably have to step in to prevent a destabilising cycle of panic selling and money market distress …
We expect a 5bp cut to the Loan Prime Rate in China (02.15 BST) Clients can view the on-demand replay of our Drop-In on the latest sell-off in equities here … … and register for a Drop-In on the outlook for monetary policy in the euro-zone here Key Market …
19th May 2022
Headline CPI inflation in Japan probably rose above 2% in April (23.30 BST) We expect interest rate hikes in South Africa, the Philippines, and Egypt Clients can sign up for tomorrow’s Drop-In on commercial property here Key Market Themes The hawkish tone …
18th May 2022
Japan’s economy probably contracted in Q1 (00.50 BST) We think UK CPI inflation increased to a 40-year high last month... (07.00 BST) ... but that it changed little on an annual basis in Canada (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes The glass-half-full case for US …
17th May 2022
We think US industrial production edged up in April, while retail sales grew strongly We expect UK wage growth to have accelerated further in March (07.00 BST) Clients can sign up for our Drop-In on EM sovereign debt risks here Key Market Themes China ’s …
16th May 2022
Despite a reversal today, the US dollar looks set to appreciate for the sixth week running as “risky” assets remain under pressure. The DXY index has had its largest six-week gain since mid-2016 (while the S&P 500 has had its worst such period since the …
13th May 2022
We think China’s central bank will cut its benchmark MLF rate by 5bp (Mon.) UK CPI inflation may have hit a 40-year high in April (Wed.) We expect rate hikes in South Africa, Egypt and the Philippines next week Key Market Themes History suggests the S&P …
We think that currencies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) will depreciate further against the euro over the rest of this year. Within the region, we anticipate that the koruna will continue to outperform and the forint will remain a regional laggard – …
12th May 2022
We expect Mexico’s central bank to hike by 50bp (Thu., 19.00 BST) Euro-zone industrial output might have dropped sharply in March (Fri., 10.00 BST) US consumer confidence probably remained very low in May (Fri., 15.00 BST) Key Market Themes We doubt that …
The trade-weighted US dollar has edged up to multi-decade highs as the Fed has started to raise its policy rate. In this Focus, we analyse past Fed tightening cycles and explain why we think the dollar will continue to appreciate over the course of the …
We think the UK economy grew by just 0.2% m/m in March (07.00 BST) Mexico’s central bank expected to deliver another 50bp hike (19.00 BST) Clients can sign up for our Drop-In on China’s economy here (09.00 BST) Key Market Themes So far, at least, …
11th May 2022
China’s CPI inflation may have picked up last month (02.30 BST) We think that US CPI inflation eased in April, for the first time in eight months (13.30 BST) Clients can register for a Drop-In on our forecasts for global bonds, equities & currencies here …
10th May 2022
Germany’s ZEW sentiment indicator probably fell further in May (10.00 BST) We think that Norway’s headline inflation dropped back a bit in April (07.00 BST) Clients can register for our Drop-In on the outlook for UK house prices here Key Market Themes …
9th May 2022
