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Profit margins in the eurozone have largely dropped back towards their long-term pre-pandemic average, after they increased faster than wages...
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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Profit margins in the eurozone have largely dropped back towards their long-term pre-pandemic average, after they increased faster than wages...
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Taiwan was hit by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 3 April, the strongest in 25 years. However, the economic impact seems to be...
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A scenario where neither the Federal Reserve nor the European Central Bank cut rates in 2024 would reduce eurozone GDP...
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The Nordic economies will have a better 2024 than last year, but growth rates will diverge across the region. The...
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Our sentiment data suggests that the ECB's worries about sticky inflation driven by strong wage growth are misplaced. The sentiment...
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A slower fall in services inflation will partially offset the relatively stronger disinflationary forces in goods prices. We do not...
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Reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 would likely have a larger impact on economic activity initially in ASEAN5 countries...
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In this presentation deck, Innes McFee, Chief Global Economist, explains how the outlook for the year is cautiously optimistic. Over...
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After the sharp falls in eurozone inflation recently, a series of rate cuts this year by the European Central Bank...
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Disruption to shipping through the Red Sea now looks likely to keep transport costs elevated at least for the next...
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The Bank of Japan left both short-term and long-term policy rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting as widely expected. The BoJ...
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The UK inflation outlook has been transformed by steep falls in oil and gas prices and the recent softening in...
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We assume the disruption to shipping caused by maritime attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea will be relatively...
A plunge in consumer spending in 2022-23 has been a key factor behind the poor performance of the Czech economy....
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China heads into 2024 with relatively loose policy settings, but private sector sentiment constrained by property pessimism. Policy efforts will...
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The Bank of Japan left both short-term and long-term policy rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting. Amid a decline in global...
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Weak demand, profit margin compression, easing pipeline pressures, and abating supply bottlenecks mean we see core goods inflation strongly coming down...
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The rapid surge in interest rates will continue to weigh on the Nordic economies next year with little external support,...
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Inflation will likely decelerate in 2024 as the impact of imported inflation wanes. We expect the Bank of Japan will...
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After a year of stagnating activity, the eurozone economy will continue to struggle to gain traction in the near term...