Higher headline and core inflation in advanced economies is on the way in H2 as a result of factors including rising commodity prices and...
Global | Coronavirus Watch: When the chips are down
Posted by Ben May on May 5, 2021 10:11:48 AM
A global shortage of semiconductors is the latest hiccup to disturb international supply-chains. In our view, though, the shortage is largely a...
US | Q1 earnings: upward revisions continue for now
Posted by Daniel Grosvenor on May 4, 2021 2:39:21 PM
US earnings growth continues to surprise to the upside, with more cyclical sectors leading the way in the Q1 earnings season. This positive momentum...
Global | Coronavirus Watch: Downside risks ease
Posted by Ben May on Apr 27, 2021 10:06:20 AM
Rising global Covid infections remain a key focus, but the recent surge is not automatically grounds for us to slash our near-term forecasts. Indeed,...
Eurozone | What’s next for the EU’s fiscal framework
Posted by Nicola Nobile on Apr 26, 2021 12:13:08 PM
Since the start of the pandemic, eurozone countries have been able to relax fiscal policy without worrying about the eurozone’s fiscal rules. But...
Global | Rebounding global trade has lots of beneficiaries
Posted by Tamara Basic Vasiljev on Apr 26, 2021 11:57:05 AM
Global trade is recovering so strongly that infrastructure seems unable to support it. As shipping costs reach new highs, reports of delays still...
Global | Coronavirus Watch: A troubling V-shaped recovery
Posted by Ben May on Apr 20, 2021 10:07:57 AM
In an unwelcome development, global Covid case numbers are rising sharply again. Although this adds downside risk to our economic outlook, we aren’t...