Research Briefing
The minutes from the April 30-May 1 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee were uneventful, which is not surprising...
Research Briefing
The minutes from the April 30-May 1 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee were uneventful, which is not surprising...
Research Briefing
The Federal Reserve will likely signal next week that its confidence that inflation is on a sustained path to 2%...
Research Briefing
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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The biggest surprise from the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting had nothing to do with interest rate...
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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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Odds are that there will not be anything from the upcoming meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee that would...
Total mortgage payments surged after the Bank of Canada began aggressively hiking interest rates in early 2022. In this month’s...
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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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Mortgage payments have soared since the Bank of Canada began aggressively hiking interest rates in early 2022, and there is...
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The supply-shocks era represented the first time in a generation where inflation significantly eroded the real value of global public...
This year is set to be a turning point for commercial property markets in the US. A gradual easing in...
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We forecast stable GDP growth across most US metros in 2024, followed by decelerating growth over the subsequent four years....
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A scenario where neither the Federal Reserve nor the European Central Bank cut rates in 2024 would reduce eurozone GDP...
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to end its negative interest rates policy and set the target band for the overnight market rate at...
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The Nordic economies will have a better 2024 than last year, but growth rates will diverge across the region. The...
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Markets appear to be increasingly converging with our forecast that the Bank of Japan will abolish its negative interest rate...
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Inflation has fallen sharply in advanced economies over the past year, and we expect central banks to start cutting interest...
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The outlook for European residential real estate is improving. The prospect of lower interest rates means house price corrections are...
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The commercial real estate landscape has undergone considerable changes due to the recent surge in interest rates and emerging funding...