Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly Oil slump and output cuts, Egypt’s IMF deal The recent slump in oil prices is unlikely to cause major economic ructions in the Gulf, although it does look like policymakers will push ahead with an oil output cut at next week’s OPEC meeting... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
Europe Data Response Euro-zone EC Business & Consumer Survey (Nov.) November’s modest decline in the EC’s euro-zone Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) left it consistent with solid GDP growth which will encourage the ECB to end its asset purchases next month as... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Lending (Oct.) House purchase mortgage approvals rose in October. But that did little to offset the weakness in lending seen over the last year. Moreover, there are few reasons to believe that the latest rise is the... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
UK Commercial Property Data Response Lending to commercial property (Oct.) Subdued lending in the commercial property sector is consistent with the fact that investment activity is steady and that development activity is limited. As such, it adds to the evidence that... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
Nordic & Swiss Data Response Swedish & Swiss GDP (Q3) The very weak Swiss Q3 GDP data make us more confident that the SNB will keep monetary policy ultra-loose longer than investors expect. Meanwhile, the contraction in the Swedish economy in Q3 suggests... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Data Response Economic Sentiment Indicators (Nov.) Our weighted average of the Economic Sentiment Indicators for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) rose in November, suggesting that regional growth remained at around 4.5% y/y in Q4. 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
India Economics Update GDP revisions underline recent strength The revised GDP data for the past decade that have just been released suggest that recent growth has been further above India’s sustainable rate than previously thought. This underlines why the... 29th November 2018 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Higher interest rates in Italy to offset fiscal stimulus We doubt that the recent rally in Italian government bonds will last. And higher yields are already feeding through to higher borrowing costs in the private sector. We think that this will offset any... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Government’s Brexit report highlights cost of no deal Not surprisingly, the Government report, published today, on the long-run economic impact of various Brexit scenarios is probably a little too pessimistic about the fallout from a no deal Brexit, but... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Fall in oil prices a net positive for most of Lat Am The drop in oil prices this month is clearly bad news for the region’s large net energy exporters, Colombia and Venezuela; a fiscal squeeze in on the cards in the former and the latter’s crisis will... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Energy Data Response US Weekly Petroleum Status Report US crude oil stocks continued to climb in the latest data, adding to signs of oversupply in the market and putting additional pressure on OPEC to move to curb output at its meeting in early December... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
US Housing Market Data Response New Home Sales (Oct.) Even after a significant upward revision to September’s estimate, the 8.9% m/m drop in new home sales in October was enough to send sales to a 2½-year low. But a drop in mortgage interest rates over... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Bank of Canada Watch Bank to present cautious message as oil prices slump We suspect that the Bank of Canada will deliver a more dovish message next week than investors seem to expect. 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Dutch housing boom near its peak The housing boom that has been one of the prime drivers of Dutch economic growth in recent years is likely to be close to its peak. As a result, growth is likely to slow in the coming years. But we do... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Capital Daily Outperformance of Chinese equities likely to prove fleeting 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
Precious Metals Update Investors to return to precious metals We think that the prices of precious metals, except palladium, will rise in 2019, in part because we expect an early end to Fed tightening and stronger safe-haven demand in the second half of the year... 28th November 2018 · 1 min read
