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Although uncertainty about the post-virus prospects for the global economy should continue to support the US dollar, we think that the ongoing recovery in risky assets and the fall in US interest rates will start to pull the currency down from its …
19th May 2020
China’s one-year loan prime rate likely to be lowered by 10bp, to 3.75% (02.30 BST) Euro-zone consumer confidence probably remained depressed in May (15.00 BST) We think UK headline inflation fell below 1% in April (07.00 BST) Key Market Themes While the …
Fed Chair Powell to speak before the Senate and in a virtual “Fed Listens” event UK public finances data may give an early indication of the fiscal cost of the pandemic We think that central banks in Turkey, South Africa and Thailand will cut rates …
15th May 2020
We don’t think that the recent outperformance of automakers’ equities will continue, even if the global economy starts to recover and equity markets recoup more of their coronavirus-induced losses. Taking a step back, the performance of auto shares has …
US industrial production and retail sales probably fell by 10-15% m/m in April In contrast, both IP and retail sales are likely to have recovered further in China (03.00 BST) We think Germany’s GDP contracted by 2% q/q in the first quarter (07.00 BST) Key …
14th May 2020
US initial jobless claims data likely to highlight that unemployment is still rising (13.30 BST) We expect the central bank of Mexico to cut its policy rate by 100bp to 5.0% (19.00 BST) Australia’s unemployment rate is likely to have risen from 5.2% to …
13th May 2020
While EM assets, especially in Latin America and EMEA, have been among the worst hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, we think that they will regain some of the ground lost over the past few months. But even then, we expect that most will end …
UK Government is providing further details on its roadmap for reopening the economy We think that headline consumer price inflation fell sharply in both the US and China in April India’s industrial production is likely to have slumped in March (13.00 BST) …
11th May 2020
We think US non-farm payrolls fell by a record 22.5 million in April (13.30 BST) We expect the central bank of Mexico to cut it policy rate by 100bp to 5.0% (Thursday 14 th ) German GDP is likely to have contracted by 2.0% q/q in Q1 (Friday 15 th ) Key …
7th May 2020
We think US initial jobless declined further last week (13.30 BST) The Bank of England may extend its QE programme (12.00 BST) We expect China’s exports to have fallen by 15% y/y in April Key Market Themes A lot has been made of the divergence between the …
6th May 2020
Conditions in money markets have continued to ease gradually as central banks have expanded their backstop measures. In our view, extensive support from policymakers will remain a key factor underpinning the markets for both safe and risky assets for the …
Brazil’s central bank is likely to cut its policy rate by 50bp, to 3.25% We think that euro-zone retail sales slumped at a double-digit pace in March (10.00 BST) US ADP employment probably dropped by more than 20 million in April (14.15 BST) Key Market …
5th May 2020
Even though some economies in Latin America and EMEA are still struggling to contain coronavirus outbreaks and are likely to recover only slowly afterwards, we doubt that their equities will continue to underperform if conditions in the global economy …
After slashing rates to 0.25% and launching QE in March, the RBA will probably stand pat Inflation in Switzerland is likely to have fallen further into negative territory in April We think that the US ISM non-manufacturing index plunged to a record low of …
4th May 2020
We think US non-farm payrolls fell by a record 20-25 million in April (Friday) April PMIs are likely to confirm that lockdowns are weighing heavily on activity (Wednesday) We expect the central bank of Brazil to cut the Selic rate by 50bp to 3.25% …
1st May 2020
While we remain of the view that the ECB will eventually step up to the plate and increase its purchases of government bonds, concerns about Italy’s debt sustainability and its commitment to the euro mean that we think that the BTP-Bund spread will only …
ECB unveils more generous TLTRO terms, but will not increase its asset purchases yet Colombia’s central bank likely to cut its policy rate by 50bp, to 3.25%, later on Thursday The US ISM manufacturing index probably plunged in April (Friday, 15.00 BST) …
30th April 2020
We forecast further gains in most risky assets between now and the end of next year. This reflects our expectation of a rebound in economic activity starting in the second half of 2020, alongside the continuation of massive monetary and fiscal policy …
Fed may hint at scope to expand support programmes if needed (19.00 BST) China’s official PMIs likely to point to continued recovery in the economy (02.00 BST) We think that the ECB will increase the size of its PEPP to put a lid on peripheral bond …
29th April 2020
Euro-zone economic sentiment indicator probably slumped in April (10.00 BST) We think that US GDP contracted by about 3.5% annualised in Q1 (13.30 BST) Fed may hint at scope to expand support programmes if needed (19.00 BST) Key Market Themes Earnings …
28th April 2020
We expect the BoJ to cut its policy rate by 10bp, to -0.20% (Tuesday) ECB likely to expand its asset purchases, while the Fed and Riksbank leave policy unchanged China’s official PMIs will probably point to further recovery, but at a slow pace (Thursday) …
24th April 2020
Ifo’s Business Climate Indicator for Germany is all but certain to have plunged in April We expect Russia’s central bank to cut its policy rate by 50bp (11.30 BST) US durable goods orders may have dropped by 15% m/m in March (13.30 BST) Key Market Themes …
23rd April 2020
We suspect that banks’ share prices will rebound a bit from here, after falling a long way. Nonetheless, we don’t think that banks will outperform other sectors significantly, or for long, even if the global economy starts to recover and equity markets …
Flash PMIs likely to show that economic activity in DMs weakened even further in April US initial jobless claims probably remained extremely high last week (13.30 BST) We think that Korean GDP fell by about 3.0% q/q in the first quarter (00.00 BST) Key …
22nd April 2020
The price/estimated earnings (P/E) ratio of the MSCI USA Index – a benchmark index of mid- and large-cap US equities – recently rose to its highest level since the dot-com era. Nonetheless, we still expect the index to recover a bit more ground this year, …
UK inflation probably dipped in March (07.00 BST) Turkey’s central bank likely to cut rates by 100bp, to 8.75% (12.00 BST) We think consumer confidence in the euro-zone fell even further in April (15.00 BST) Key Market Themes While the widening of the …
21st April 2020
Higher risk of default in Argentina after bondholders reject debt restructuring proposal We forecast that exports in Korea dropped by 25% in the first 20 days of April Germany’s ZEW economic sentiment index probably fell further this month (10.00 BST) Key …
20th April 2020
Strains in financial markets are continuing to ease slowly as central banks’ efforts contain the fallout from the pandemic take effect and equity markets rebound on hopes that the spread of the virus is slowing. But vulnerable sovereigns remain in the …
17th April 2020
We continue to think that most EM currencies will end the year higher than their current levels, even if they face further turbulence. But we don’t expect them to recover as strongly as they did after the GFC. As we have discussed previously , emerging …
We expect China’s official GDP to contract in Q1, for the first time in 40 years (03.00 BST) In the US, Congress is set to negotiate an extension to the SBA’s small-business loan program The UK shutdown will probably be extended until 7 th May Key Market …
16th April 2020
PBOC ramps up its monetary stimulus, and more rate cuts are on the cards US initial jobless claims will probably come in only a bit lower than the last reading UK government likely to extend lockdown to 7 th May Key Market Themes Emerging market …
15th April 2020
We think that US retail sales and industrial production fell sharply in March Korea’s Democratic Party expected to win most seats in Wednesday’s parliamentary election The Bank of Canada may add corporate bonds to its asset purchases (15.00 BST) Key …
14th April 2020
US retail sales and industrial production to show how hard consumer spending has been hit We expect central banks in Indonesia and Peru to cut rates (Tue. & Fri.) China’s GDP may have fallen by as much as 16% y/y in Q1 (Fri.) Key Market Themes We have …
9th April 2020
If, as we expect, the global economy starts to recover in the second half of the year, the yields of core government bonds are likely to rebound a bit further. But we think that weak inflation and continued ultra-loose monetary policy will keep yields at …
We think that the earnings of firms in the MSCI EM Index will fall sharply this year as the coronavirus pandemic reduces world trade by a fifth and commodity prices only recover slightly. But with much of this outcome probably already discounted, we think …
8th April 2020
Congress is reportedly considering expanding support to small businesses US consumer confidence index likely to show its biggest ever fall in April (15.00 BST) We expect Korea’s central bank to cut its policy rate to an all-time low of 0.50% Key Market …
Eurogroup seems set to agree a joint fiscal response to the coronavirus crisis We expect the Polish central bank to cut its policy rate by 50bp to 0.50% We think Norway’s headline inflation fell from 0.9% to about 0.6% in March (09.00 BST) Key Market …
7th April 2020
Although the valuation of the overall MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index is not unusually low, EM equities outside Asia and in some “cyclical” sectors now appear quite attractively valued by past standards. As in the case of developed market (DM) equities, …
Eurogroup set to discuss the use of the ESM in response to the coronavirus crisis We expect the RBA to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.25% (05.30 BST) Mexico’s headline inflation likely to have fallen from 3.7% to 3.5% in March (12.00 BST) Key Market …
6th April 2020
Strains in the financial system appear to have eased a little over the past week or so, as policymakers continue to roll out new support measures. Our view remains that while central banks can probably prevent the pandemic from morphing into a full-blown …
3rd April 2020
US initial claims data likely to point to another 5 million job losses this week (Thursday) We think that US consumer confidence dropped to levels last seen during the GFC (Thursday) Interest rates likely to be cut in Korea and Poland, but left unchanged …
PMIs in the euro-zone and the UK likely to be revised down from their flash estimates US non-farm payrolls unlikely to capture much of the hit to employment from coronavirus ISM non-manufacturing index could prove a more useful gauge of the effect on US …
2nd April 2020
Although analysts’ expectations for corporate earnings have been revised down quite significantly since the coronavirus began to spread around the world, stock prices suggest that investors are braced for an even worse outcome. With that in mind, we think …
We forecast that the credit spreads of euro-zone peripheral bonds will fall back further this year and remain low in 2021 thanks to unwavering support from the ECB. But public finances will be deteriorating, especially in Italy, which raises the risk of a …
While the coronavirus epidemic will probably weigh on the US economy much beyond the end of this year, we suspect that the S&P 500 will start recovering in the second half of 2020. According to the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, there have been …
1st April 2020
US initial jobless claim may have surged to 5 million last week (13.30 GMT) India’s manufacturing PMI probably plunged in March (05.00 GMT) We expect Egypt’s central bank to cut its deposit rate by 100bp (18.00 GMT) Key Market Themes Although both …
While the worst may be yet to come for emerging market currencies, we expect that most will end this year stronger than they are now. Emerging market currencies have had a difficult year so far : our equal-weighted index of twenty large EM currencies has …
China’s Caixin manufacturing PMI probably rebounded in March (01.45 GMT) ADP employment data to give more insight on the state of the US labour market (13.15 GMT) We expect a sharp fall in the US ISM manufacturing index in March (15.00 GMT) Key Market …
31st March 2020
China’s PMIs are likely to show that activity started to recover in March (01.00 GMT) Germany’s unemployment rate probably rose to a 20-month high of 5.2% in March (8.55 GMT) We expect the central bank of Chile to lower its policy rate by 50bp to 0.5% …
30th March 2020
In our view, global equities are not as “cheap” as the recent falls in price/earnings ratios seem to suggest. That is because earnings expectations are likely to be revised down much further as the crisis unfolds. Although the selling pressure in stock …
27th March 2020
