US Economics Focus The implications of Europe's sovereign debt crisis for the US 7th June 2010 · 1 min read
Japan Economics Weekly Yen to weaken without need for intervention Speculation that the elevation of Finance Minister Kan to the premiership makes FX intervention more likely is a pretty poor reason to sell the Japanese currency. Nonetheless, we do expect political... 7th June 2010 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Focus Can Eastern European currencies buck a weaker euro? We expect currencies across most of Emerging Europe to weaken further against both the euro and US dollar over the next year or so. The Romanian leu looks likely to be the worst performer, while the... 4th June 2010 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update What next for sterling? Our forecast that the euro will fall to parity with the dollar next year, combined with a smaller decline in the pound from $1.47 to around $1.40, would mean a further rise in the euro-sterling... 3rd June 2010 · 1 min read
UK Markets Chart Pack Markets shrug off hung parliament (Jun 10) As we expected, markets largely shrugged off the heightened political uncertainty of the last month, suggesting that a hung parliament outcome to the general election was already priced in. Instead... 2nd June 2010 · 1 min read
Japan Economics Update Political risks to undermine yen further The markets are probably right to shrug off the resignation of Japan’s Prime Minister, but the fragility of the government is a serious concern given the urgent need for a credible plan to tackle the... 2nd June 2010 · 1 min read
Asia Economic Outlook Asia to keep going its own way (Q2 10) We expect the world recovery will lose momentum in 2010-11 but do not anticipate that the recent turmoil in the markets will derail the global upswing. The implication for Asia is that the regional... 27th May 2010 · 1 min read
China Economics Update What did we learn at the US-China Dialogue? Markets have reined in even further their expectations of renminbi appreciation and are now pricing in a meagre 0.6% gain against the dollar over the next 12 months. That is surely too little. Indeed... 25th May 2010 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Weekly Weaker euro unlikely to solve the region’s woes On the face of it, the recent weakening of the euro should provide the euro-zone’s external sector with a boost over the coming months. But given that exporters have tended previously to respond to a... 24th May 2010 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Economics Update Weaker euro-zone to stem Swiss recovery Switzerland’s low levels of public and private sector debt suggest that it will continue to out-grow the euro-zone over the next couple of years. But it will suffer from strong trade links with the... 19th May 2010 · 1 min read
China Economics Update How will Europe’s troubles affect China’s currency policy? Worries about Europe have prompted us to revise down our forecasts for the renminbi’s future pace of gains, but we still expect appreciation against the dollar to resume at some point between next... 19th May 2010 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update New market forecasts – an even stronger dollar ahead We have revised up our GDP forecasts for the US and Japan. (See our latest US Economic Outlook and Japan Economics Weekly.) At the same time, we have reviewed our projections for currency, bond... 17th May 2010 · 1 min read
UK Economics Weekly Sterling caught in the middle Co-ordination between fiscal and monetary policy already appears to have stepped up a gear since the new Government took office, with Bank of England Governor Mervyn King endorsing the Government’s... 17th May 2010 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Weekly Euro heading for parity While some of the forces bearing down on the euro over recent months may now be easing, there are plenty of other reasons to expect the currency to fall further. Indeed, our forecast that the euro... 17th May 2010 · 1 min read
Global Markets Update Would QE be so bad for the euro? The experience in both Japan and the US shows that the adoption of quantitative easing by the ECB would not necessarily do lasting harm to the euro. But we still expect the currency to fall a lot... 13th May 2010 · 1 min read
