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Our view is that the flurry of elections across Asia this year generally do not look like high-risk events for...
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Our view is that the flurry of elections across Asia this year generally do not look like high-risk events for...
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We were a little surprised that Fed officials had not pushed back harder against market expectations for aggressive rate cuts...
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The Canadian economy will begin 2024 still mired in recession as the lagged impact of higher interest rates continues to...
Global travel recovery will continue in 2024 despite a slower economic backdrop. Many countries that were previously expected to endure...
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We expect another year of industrial metal price weakness in 2024 and are generally below consensus. Metal demand will remain...
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The US has come out of the pandemic in better shape than China with GDP above pre-pandemic forecasts, whereas China...
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 Indian economy has been more resilient than expected in 2023, but we believe the slowdown has only been postponed...
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The economy is weakening, but the incoming data are consistent with a slowdown rather than a technical recession.
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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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2023 has been a turbulent year for global industry, with growth on track to come in lower than any other...
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Australian bond yields have risen over the past 18 months, highly influenced by movements in the US, reflecting more hawkish...
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Unsurprisingly, the COP28 international climate conference did not end with a dramatic shift in the world's response to climate change....
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Following a year of subdued global growth in 2023, we think a further softening of economic conditions is likely next...
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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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While we believe interest rate hikes are mostly over, interest-sensitive sectors are being weighed down by the cumulative impact of...
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Indonesia's domestic demand has proved surprisingly resilient to monetary tightening in 2023, prompting multiple upgrades to our growth forecast this...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region will expand less than we initially thought this year, but growth will improve in...
One month into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, cruise operators have responded swiftly to geopolitical disturbances in the Middle East by modifying...