Research Briefing
We expect stronger activity in the eurozone in 2025, but growth will remain lacklustre as the consumer recovery lacks momentum....
Research Briefing
We expect stronger activity in the eurozone in 2025, but growth will remain lacklustre as the consumer recovery lacks momentum....
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan maintained its policy rate at 0.25% during Friday's meeting. Although we still expect an additional rate...
Research Briefing
Lacklustre eurozone growth momentum looks unlikely to meaningfully pick up before the end of the year. Our GDP nowcasting models...
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The UK grew at an above-trend pace in H1 2024, but we don't expect this to be sustained over the...
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We now expect the Bank of Japan will implement an additional rate hike this year, possibly in October, given the...
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We estimate that Japan's nominal neutral interest rate – the rate consistent with monetary policy that is neither stimulative nor...
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At Wednesday's policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised the policy rate to 0.25% without clear evidence of wage-driven...
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President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the election doesn’t warrant any immediate changes to our election scenarios nor...
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At the July policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will reveal its plan for reducing JGB purchases over the...
The 2024 US Presidential Election is less than seven months away. In this week’s Beyond the Headlines, Bernard Yaros, Lead...
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Related Posts Takaichi’s big win doesn’t affect the fiscal outlook for Japan The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) landslide election...
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Some market participants are raising concerns over a fall in demand for US Treasuries from Japanese investors amid higher domestic...
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Close observers of the economy this week had to digest a bevy of indicators that provided mixed signals on the...
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The minutes from the April 30-May 1 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee were uneventful, which is not surprising...
Consulting Report
Lending to SMEs by Funding Circle supported a £6.9 billion contribution to UK GDP, sustained over 95,800 jobs, and was...
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The Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep Bank Rate at 5.25% at May's meeting, but it also sent a clear...
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The Federal Reserve will likely signal next week that its confidence that inflation is on a sustained path to 2%...
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Our baseline forecast for policy rates is consistent with central bankers continuing to focus almost exclusively on inflation. Their laser-like...
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The outlook for the global economy has improved since the previous quarter’s Global Scenarios Service report and a soft landing...
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After getting carried away at the turn of the year with the likely extent of Federal Reserve rate cuts in...