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Government support schemes have been hugely successful in mitigating the financial consequences of the pandemic to consumers. But at the...
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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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....
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We expect Latin America to return to low trend growth in 2022, as policysupport is withdrawn and the easy gains...
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We’ve raised our 2021 GDP growth forecast by 0.2ppts to 3.4%, following the full release of the Q2 national accounts....
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Construction and, to a lesser extent, manufacturing and agriculture were the only UK sectors to suffer significant labour shortages in...
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Finland’s Q2 GDP has been revised up slightly, which mechanically has lifted our forecast for 2021 growth. Most leading indicators...
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The US economy is past its peak, but that doesn’t mean the recovery is headed into reverse. While a deteriorated...
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We expect above-average growth in the eurozone over the coming quarters given the ample pent-up demand in the aftermath of...
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Our ASEAN-6 growth tracker, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam, points to a weak start to...
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Profitability has staged an impressive recovery, but the rise in Q1 operating margins to a 12-year high materially overstates corporate...
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Powell’s speech did not materially alter the outlook for Fed policy, but it did clarify the distinction between the timing...