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September 25, 2024 7:30 AM UTC
· The U.S. economy is slowing, with the critical question being whether this is a soft or harder landing. Our broad analysis leaves us inclined to the soft landing view into 2025, though we shall watch real sector data closely over the next 3-6 months to check the trajectory. Else
September 15, 2024 11:17 AM UTC
Uncertainty about whether the U.S. economy will have a soft or hard landing is growing as the market approaches Q4. This is shaping the debate regarding the scale of easing through the remainder of 2024 and 2025 by the Fed. European easing is underway, but how much further will central ba
September 15, 2024 10:30 AM UTC
Uncertainty about whether the U.S. economy will have a soft or hard landing is growing as the market approaches Q4. This is shaping the debate regarding the scale of easing through the remainder of 2024 and 2025 by the Fed. European easing is underway, but how much further will central ba
June 25, 2024 10:15 AM UTC
• The global economy is showing signs of healing, as inflation comes back towards targets and growth recovers momentum in some economies. Nevertheless, the cyclical headwind of lagged monetary tightening remains in DM countries, and will likely be one of the forces slowing the U.S. economy
August 2, 2023 7:52 AM UTC
Bottom Line: We feel that the Fed is getting close to peaking and the ECB has already peaked with the July rate hike. However, this is already priced into 2yr yields, with the current discount to policy rates, and we see 2yr U.S. Treasuries and Bunds to 4.8% and 3.05% by end 2023 respectively. Inver
June 22, 2023 10:29 AM UTC
DM countries are seeing headline inflation rates come down helped by lower energy prices than 2022, but the downward progress on core inflation is slower. DM central banks are worried that multi-year inflation targets will not be hit, which is leaving some final tightening to be delivered; a tighten
April 11, 2023 7:11 AM UTC
Bottom line: China, Japan and France have seen the largest increase in combined government/household and corporate debt/GDP (total non-financial sector debt) followed by Canada/Switzerland and Sweden. In China, Japan and France the surge in debt/GDP is unlikely to be repeated in the coming years, wh