Research Briefing
We now project that the Bank of Japan will start to raise its policy rate next spring assuming another robust...
Research Briefing
We now project that the Bank of Japan will start to raise its policy rate next spring assuming another robust...
Research Briefing
Reflecting a surprisingly strong Spring Negotiation result and weaker yen assumption, we have upgraded our baseline wage and inflation forecasts....
Research Briefing
The supply-shocks era represented the first time in a generation where inflation significantly eroded the real value of global public...
Research Briefing
We forecast total construction work done to accelerate 4.8% in 2024. Civil engineering construction and non-residential building will drive the...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to end its negative interest rates policy and set the target band for the overnight market rate at...
Research Briefing
Related Posts Takaichi’s big win doesn’t affect the fiscal outlook for Japan The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) landslide election...
Research Briefing
Markets appear to be increasingly converging with our forecast that the Bank of Japan will abolish its negative interest rate...
We project Japan's services trade balance will remain in deficit over the coming years as a trend increase in the...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan left both short-term and long-term policy rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting as widely expected. The BoJ...
Consulting Report
Despite talk of deglobalisation, a quantitative analysis of intermediate goods show global supply chains have continued to expand in the...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan left both short-term and long-term policy rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting. Amid a decline in global...
We forecast that Tokyo Prefecture will remain Asia Pacific's largest city in GDP terms until 2034, before being overtaken by...
Research Briefing
Inflation will likely decelerate in 2024 as the impact of imported inflation wanes. We expect the Bank of Japan will...
Research Briefing
We think risk assets will underperform in 2024. We map out the implications of our key 2024 global macro themes...
Research Briefing
More market participants appear to have become confident that the wage-driven inflation is real, which will encourage the Bank of...
Research Briefing
Idiosyncrasies in recent Asian trade data suggest that country-specific factors are becoming more influential and causing some countries' exports to buck cyclical trends. If that continues, the fortunes...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left short- and long-term policy rates unchanged at -0.1% and around 0%, respectively, at the...
We've recently revised up our forecasts for US and UK bond yields in the long term by 50 basis points;...
Research Briefing
The divergence in yield curves across markets has been notable, with most experiencing significant upward shifts in the last two...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained the policy rates at its September meeting, following a tweak in its yield curve...