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After getting carried away at the turn of the year with the likely extent of Federal Reserve rate cuts in...
Research Briefing
After getting carried away at the turn of the year with the likely extent of Federal Reserve rate cuts in...
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The lower-than-expected increase in nonfarm payroll employment, along with declining job openings and quits, suggest that wage pressures are unlikely...
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Extensive academic research shows the importance of central bank independence in reducing inflation. Those institutions with strong operational independence from...
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A second Trump presidency would directly harm US manufacturing through two channels: repeal of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA);...
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Lower house prices and falling mortgage rates will reduce stubbornly high shelter inflation and help return headline CPI inflation to...
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The biggest surprise from the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting had nothing to do with interest rate...
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Our business cycle indicator shows the economy hit a rough patch at the start of the year but there is...
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As expected, the BoJ maintained its policy rate at 0%-0.1% at Friday's meeting. With more confidence on the ongoing wage-driven...
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Our new forecast assumes a slower euro appreciation against the dollar over the coming years than we previously anticipated. Relative...
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Odds are that there will not be anything from the upcoming meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee that would...
The 2024 federal budget projects a steady diet of wider deficits over the next five years, adding new spending only...
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Equities are under pressure following this month's stronger-than-expected US inflation print. We see scope for some further weakness in the...
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The impact of Red Sea shipping disruption on the eurozone economy continues to be limited, in line with our baseline...
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The escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East does not pose a downside risk to the US economy because...
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We forecast Bank Indonesia will start cutting its policy rate in Q2, which will provide a cyclical tailwind for credit...
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We now project that the Bank of Japan will start to raise its policy rate next spring assuming another robust...
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Reflecting a surprisingly strong Spring Negotiation result and weaker yen assumption, we have upgraded our baseline wage and inflation forecasts....
The supply-shocks era (2020-23) represented the first time in a generation where inflation significantly eroded the real value of global...
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We think the Riksbank will cut rates in May, before the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank do so....
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We modeled two scenarios in which former President Donald Trump returns to the White House and Republicans gain full control...