Pantheon Publications
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In one line: Thin gruel, but a bit of clarity on the ECB’s ETS2 assumptions.
- In one line: Nothing to see here, move along.
In one line: Nothing to see here, move along.
In one line: Pulled down by food inflation.
- In one line: A poor Q3, but early Q4 indicators hint at tentative stabilisation.
- In one line: A poor Q3, but early Q4 indicators hint at tentative stabilisation.
In one line: Nothing here for ECB doves.
In one line: Germany avoids recession, just; inflation down fractionally in October.
In one line: Not much of a rebound but faster growth is on the way.
- Continuing claims have returned to their rising trend; Homebase and Indeed data are also weakening.
- Bloomberg Second Measure and Redbook data point to retail sales losing momentum last month.
- Airline passenger numbers have picked up, but hotel room occupancy is now 2pp lower than a year ago.
- BCCh’s cautious pause reflects sticky core inflation, fragile job data and sensitivity to election-driven noise.
- …Disinflation, a stable CLP and lower energy tariffs will justify a 25bp cut in December.
- Mexico’s GDP shrank in Q3 as industry weakened further and services plateaued; Q4 will be better.
- Taiwan’s GDP growth for Q3 b eat expectations, though it moderated slightly to 7.6% from 8.0%.
- Demand for AI hardware remains solid, but supply-side factors give no indication of strong growth…
- …Still, the AI boom could also be accelerating productivity gains and capital- deepening.
- China is countering its investment slump by approving an additional RMB500B in local-government bonds...
- ...And driving though the disbursal of RMB500B in policy-bank funds for investment projects.
- This should boost the official manufacturing index from its October trough.
- Robust core and headline inflation in October push December rate-cut hopes further into the long grass.
- Declines in food and core goods inflation will reverse this month; services will remain sticky until February.
- Energy inflation will fall a little further in November and December before plunging in January.
- We retain our Q3 GDP growth forecast of 0.2% quarter-to-quarter, as the activity data have held firm...
- ...But softer-than-expected inflation means we have brought forward our call for a rate cut to December.
- We are waiting for further information on the Budget before forecasting an additional cut to Bank Rate.
THE INFLATION OUTLOOK IS IMPROVING...
- …BUT A RETURN SUSTAINABLY TO 2% WILL BE PROTRACTED
- - CHINA DOUBLING DOWN ON MANUFACTURING-LED MODEL
- - JAPAN’S NEW PRIME MINISTER LIKELY TO MODERATE POLICY
- - BOK SHOULD LEAN TOWARDS EASING IN NOVEMBER
- In one line: Rising mortgage approvals and solid credit flows suggest confident consumers.
Rates still too high for a sustained housing market renaissance.
