The global economic outlook appears to be deteriorating, according to our quarterly review of alternative measures of economic risk. Most of the...
Global | EV transition will turbocharge demand for electricity
Posted by Sean Metcalfe on Oct 5, 2021
Electricity demand from the road vehicle sector is set to accelerate sharply in the coming decades, according to our new forecasting methodology. We...
Global | The macroeconomics of climate change mitigation
Posted by James Nixon on Oct 5, 2021
Stringent mitigation scenarios aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5°C are right at the edge of what is economically feasible and will require a...
Global | Evergrande matters, but it’s not a ‘Lehman moment’
Posted by Adam Slater on Oct 1, 2021
While the potential collapse of Chinese property firm Evergrande matters, it doesn’t signal a ‘Lehman moment’ that might spark global financial...
Global | Consumers hold the key to global fortunes in 2022
Posted by Ben May on Sep 9, 2021
In 2022, we expect the strength of global economic growth to be driven by demand-side developments, in stark contrast to the past two years when...
Global Travel Highlights - August 2021
Posted by Helen McDermott on Sep 7, 2021
Recovery in both domestic and international travel is underway in the second half of 2021, despite some larger adverse impacts for the year to date...
Global | Rising wealth dampens UK and EZ interest rates
Posted by Daniel Harenberg on Sep 1, 2021
Bank of England MPC member Gertjan Vlieghe recently highlighted how the UK’s growing wealth will continue to put a damper on gilt interest rates. Our...
Global | Financial market risks – real, but maybe overstated
Posted by Adam Slater on Aug 31, 2021
Concerns have risen about financial market risks, centring around elevated asset valuations and high corporate debt. A lack of corporate distress and...
Global | A framework for evaluating EM currencies’ fair value
Posted by Felipe Camargo on Aug 27, 2021
In our recent extended panel assessment on EM FX, we found most currencies have yet to recover ‘fair value’ after the March 2020 overshooting event....
Global | For now, low inventories impede growth and lift inflation
Posted by Tamara Basic Vasiljev on Aug 16, 2021
Inventories – normally a strong predictor of the business cycle – are uncharacteristically low, even though global growth is at record highs. This is...