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The GCC recovery built momentum in Q3, thanks to vaccine progress, easing of health restrictions, and higher oil output. However,...
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The GCC recovery built momentum in Q3, thanks to vaccine progress, easing of health restrictions, and higher oil output. However,...
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Revisions in Q2’s national accounts showed the economy responding more strongly to exiting lockdown than initially thought. At the same...
Our 2021 mainland GDP growth forecast remains unchanged at 4.1%. With all domestic restrictions eased and the pandemic largely under...
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While the potential collapse of Chinese property firm Evergrande matters, it doesn’t signal a ‘Lehman moment’ that might spark global...
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Expo 2020 starts in the UAE on October 1 and will provide a significant boost to the economy. Although international...
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The Australian government is facing growing pressure on several fronts to solidify lower carbon emission targets. If left unchecked, these...
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The US Recovery Tracker strengthened in the week ended September 17, rising 0.3ppts to 96.1, but remaining below its early...
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Private bank credit contracted 2.7% in 2020 in Indonesia and continued to decline on a year-on-year basis through most of...
Despite another shift in the Covid-19 situation across Europe, national governments have largely resisted imposing new lockdowns, and our short-term...
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A glance at recent headlines in the UK could leave the reader feeling beleaguered. So the tongue-in-cheek question posed recently...
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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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The federal election has seen a further fragmentation of the vote, which has left Germany with an inconclusive result. A...
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Asia’s economic performance over the next six to nine months will continue to be hugely influenced by developments in the...
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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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Indian households have hoarded savings through the Covid crisis, although to a lesser extent than the rest of the world....
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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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Our new supply-chain stress indicator reveals the US economy faces escalating supply-side challenges. Transportation logjams are the greatest point of...