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We have increased our 2022 GDP growth forecast for Finland to 1.8% from 1.5% last month, due to a stronger-than-expected...
Are we now stuck in a high inflation world? Temporarily high inflation has lasted for longer than anyone predicted and inflation is set to rise further from here. Might we have actually entered into a new, higher, regime for inflation? Find out more about our GDP inflation forecast.
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We have increased our 2022 GDP growth forecast for Finland to 1.8% from 1.5% last month, due to a stronger-than-expected...
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The Bank of Japan stuck to its monetary policy at today’s (17 June) meeting, maintaining current short-term policy rates at -0.1% and long-term rates...
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Denmark's inflation outlook is deteriorating rapidly. With the EU announcing plans to wind down imports of Russian oil, higher-for-longer oil...
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We have lowered Sweden's growth outlook for this year to 2.1% from 2.6% last month, a move largely driven by...
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The message sent by May's UK PMIs of an economy suffering a loss of momentum but still under strong inflationary...
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The global economic environment has shifted with international price inflation surging, monetary conditions being aggressively tightened, and a number of...
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As expected, the ECB council agreed to end the era of nonstandard monetary policy measures by September as it gears...
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High inflation and a tight jobs market, muddied by signs of sagging momentum in the UK economy, present a complicated...
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The National Bank of Poland (NBP) hiked the policy rate by 75bps at yesterday's meeting, in line with both our...
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Despite headwinds to the eurozone economy, the tourism sector continues to shine bright. Our high-frequency Tourism Tracker suggests overnight stays...
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The big concern about inflation is no longer the level at which it will peak, but where it will settle...
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What’s the future for inflation? Joachim Nagel, the new president of Germany's central bank, believes the rapidly ageing global population...
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Along with energy prices, global food prices have emerged as a key driver of the eurozone's current inflationary surge. Like...
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The minutes from the April ECB meeting confirm the hawkish tilt initiated a few months ago continues to gain momentum....
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We have lowered our 2022 GDP growth forecast for Finland to 1.5% from 1.7% last month, as weakening confidence further...
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We have revised our 2022 eurozone inflation forecasts sharply higher, to 6.0%, since the start of the Ukraine war, as...
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We have lowered Sweden's growth outlook for this year to 2.6% from 2.8% amid rising downside risks. The main headwind...
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Inflationary pressures continue to build, with input costs rising at a rapid pace. The economic landscape is also constantly shifting:...
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UK commercial real estate costs will increase more sharply than inflation this year, resulting in the widest margin since records...
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Although GDP rose 0.8% in Q1, the monthly numbers showed that growth was concentrated entirely in the first month of...