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November 28, 2025 2:14 PM UTC
Canada’s 2.6% annualized increase in Q3 GDP id sharply higher than expected though the surprise comes largely from a sharp fall in imports. Domestic demand was almost unchanged with a 0.1% annualized decline. September GDP grew by 0.2% on the month, but the preliminary estimate for October is weak

November 27, 2025 1:36 PM UTC
The ECB is clearly split about whether policy has troughed or not, this mainly a result of differences within the Council as to where inflation risks lie. Regardless, as the account of the Oct 29-30 Council meeting chimed with comments from the meeting’s press conference, it does seem to us as i

November 26, 2025 2:01 PM UTC
The Budget looks something of a fudge, with no fiscal tightening until 2028 suggesting policy changes very much back-loaded (Figure 1) and puzzlingly timed to take effect in what may be the lead-up to the next general election. The immediate the result is actually a modest boost to GDP growth in t

November 25, 2025 2:08 PM UTC
September retail sales with a rise of 0.2% are weaker than expected and likely to be negative in real terms, given September gains in CPI goods prices, suggesting momentum in consumer spending is starting to fade with employment growth. September’s PPI with a rise of 0.3% overall met expectations

November 21, 2025 8:00 AM UTC
· Net foreign portfolio inflows have not been hurt by Trump’s April tariff drama, with the AI and tech boom attracting new equity inflows. Flows could become more volatile with a U.S. equity bear market or recession, but these are modest risk alternative scenarios rather than high r