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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained the policy rates at its September meeting, following a tweak in its yield curve...
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.
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) maintained the policy rates at its September meeting, following a tweak in its yield curve...
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As food tends to be purchased often and account for a large part in the consumption basket – 22% in...
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Most measures of inflation expectations eased in recent months, with the notable exceptions not as bad as they look. This...
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Despite today's (28th July) surprise tweak to YCC policy, we continue to believe that Governor Ueda is determined to avoid...
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Our in-house financial conditions index reveals that while overall conditions are tight compared to pre-pandemic levels, Asia's financial conditions have been improving thanks to central banks' pause in rate hikes,...
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Monetary policy is at a critical juncture. After decades of low and stable inflation, the seismic supply adverse shocks and...
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We expect downward pressure from multiple factors to push inflation lower by the end of 2023. Weaker demand and reduced...
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Monetary policy is at a critical juncture. After decades of low and stable inflation, the seismic supply adverse shocks and...
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We project Japan's CPI inflation will slow in H2 as import costs trend downward. The current record price passthrough is unsustainable given sluggish demand and firms' weak pricing power.
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After a choppy first quarter of GDP data, our novel Activity Trackers (which incorporate proprietary daily sentiment data from Penta)...
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We have revised up our long-term wage and inflation projections based on a larger impact from structural labour shortages due...
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Once pent-up demand from post-lockdown fades, we think that Asian economies will settle at lower GDP growth and higher inflation than our pre-pandemic forecasts. This means nominal interest rates are also likely to stay high in 2023-2024.
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The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and other stresses in the global banking system have triggered a sharp repricing in...
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We expect the Philippines' 10-year government bond yield to trend down in 2023-2024, after rising continuously since Q3 2020.
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We expect global inflation to return to pre-crisis levels faster than it took to reach its peak. While any number...
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While recent economic developments support the notion that economies aren't heading into a major economic downturn, a global recession remains...
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Japan's structural labour shortage has deepened. While it may not result in a wage-inflation spiral now, labour scarcity will put...
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We've created a real-time indicator – the US Business Cycle Indicator (BCI) – to assess the health of economic activity....
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After a difficult 2022 for UK households, we expect real income to fall 1.2% in 2023 due to a range...
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Supply chain stress fell at the beginning of the year and further easing is likely due to weaker domestic and...