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Finland’s GDP in the last few quarters has been revised up slightly, lifting our growth forecast for 2021. High-frequency indicators...
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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Finland’s GDP in the last few quarters has been revised up slightly, lifting our growth forecast for 2021. High-frequency indicators...
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Data for the UAE show inflation turned positive in August for the first time since December 2018, due to a...
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The UK economy made more progress in August in returning to its pre-Covid size. But supply-side friction and pressure on...
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It’s not runaway inflation, and it’s certainly not stagflation. In fact, the US economy is going through a bout of...
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In a surprise move, the Monetary Authority of Singapore today tightened monetary policy by slightly raising the slope of the...
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The US Recovery Tracker slipped to 97.5 in the week ended October 1, down 0.6pts from its post-pandemic high in...
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The US economy has lost some luster, but demand appears resilient in the face of lingering supply-chain disruptions.
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Our Recovery Tracker suffered a setback at September’s end, falling 1.1pts to87.6 after reaching a new pandemic high two weeks...
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Consumer spending took over as the driver of recovery in Q2. We expect similar gains in Q3, leaving spending 3%...
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Government support schemes have been hugely successful in mitigating the financial consequences of the pandemic to consumers. But at the...
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Inflation in the UK is set to peak higher for longer than we previously expected. But structural factors plus the...
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The global economic outlook appears to be deteriorating, according to our quarterly review of alternative measures of economic risk. Most...
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Electricity demand from the road vehicle sector is set to accelerate sharply in the coming decades, according to our new...
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High-frequency data on numbers of employees and median pay suggest that the Covid-19 pandemic has not made the ‘north-south divide’...
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The surge in European gas and electricity prices over recent months pushed energy prices to an all-time high in August,...
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The minutes of September’s MPC meeting were more hawkish, leading markets to price in a rate hike early next year....
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Notwithstanding Covid-related risks, we expect Asian currencies will show resilience in the face of tighter US monetary policy, particularly when...
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The role of the RMB is greatest where China is a major destination for manufacturing exports, suggesting that the degree...
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The recent broad-based rises in core inflation across a range of advanced economies has reopened the debate as to whether...
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The Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged at today’s meeting, maintaining short-term and long-term interest rates at current levels....