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Daily Monitor Global Weekly Monitor Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)
- The ECB will hold rates steady this week, amid data to suit both hawkish and dovish policymakers.
- German retail sales rose by 0.3% quarter-to-quarter in Q4, reversing weakness in Q3.
- The Swiss PMIs point to a rebound in growth in early 2026, matching our forecasts.
- We now look for EZ headline inflation at 1.8% in January, with the core rate unchanged at 2.3%.
- Energy and services inflation fell in Germany but were overpowered by rising goods and food inflation.
- The EZ economy shrugged off tariff whiplash last year, ending 2025 on a high.
- Money supply and credit data signal a stable trend in EZ GDP growth, at 0.3% quarter-to-quarter.
- The headline ESI index jumped to a post-Covid high in January, signalling upside risk to growth.
- ESI selling price expectations eased in January, but upside risk to services inflation lingers.
- EURUSD eyeing 1.20 and beyond adds to the dovish pressure on the ECB ahead of the January HICP…
- …A EURUSD move above 1.22 in coming weeks would likely lower the ECB’s core inflation forecast.
- Italian survey data support our view that a turn in the inventory cycle boosted Q4 GDP.
- The EU and India, against a challenging global trade backdrop, have signed the mother of all trade deals.
- Both sides made concessions on agriculture and climate to reach a “win-win” free trade agreement.
- The direct boost to EU GDP from rising exports to India is small, but the indirect lift could be greater.
- We see downside risks to the early inflation data for January in Germany and Spain, out this week…
- …But we’re slightly above the consensus on Eurozone Q4 GDP growth, at 0.3%.
- Will the January jump in the services output price PMI be replicated in the EC survey? We doubt it.
- EZ PMIs were resilient in January but now signal downside risk to growth relative to official forecasts.
- The risk of a dovish surprise in the PMIs in Q1 has increased, given upbeat growth expectations.
- Rising output prices in services are a key hawkish detail in the January PMIs; will this be sustained?
- President Trump has backed down on Greenland, bringing relief to Nuuk, Copenhagen and markets.
- The EZ budget deficit widened in Q3, driven mainly by a significant increase in Germany’s deficit.
- Risks to Germany’s fiscal push remain tilted towards near-term disappointment on growth.
- Investor sentiment soared at the start of 2026, but geopolitical tremors now hint at a slide in February.
- EZ construction output fell in November, but we still look for a decent gain over Q4 as a whole…
- …Leading indicators for construction in France and Germany are improving, slowly.
- Can the EU and Denmark find an off-ramp for Mr. Trump in Greenland that avoids war? We hope so.
- The downward revision to EZ inflation in December underscores dovish risk to ECB policy bets in Q1.
- We see EZ inflation falling to 1.6% in January, though these data are a wild card due to one-off effects.
- The Mercosur trade deal is an opportunity for Europe to regain regional influence it has ceded to China…
- …We think EU farmers are better off than without the deal, despite their continued opposition.
- The plunge in German inflation in December is confirmed; how far will inflation fall in January?
- GDP growth looks set to beat the MPC’s forecast in Q4 2025, after November’s 0.3% gain.
- The recovery in autos manufacturing has little further to run, but underlying activity looks solid to us.
- Construction output is falling rapidly, closing the gap on the PMI and representing a downside risk to GDP.
- EZ house prices are rising strongly, but they’re driven by positive outliers in the smaller economies.
- Our model suggests that EZ house price growth will cool this year, to around 3% year-over-year.
- Rising house prices boost household net worth, which is now an upside risk for consumption growth.
- US Greenland ambitions will accelerate EU defence spending and raise the risk of an EU-US trade war.
- The EU economic ‘bazooka’ would likely be unholstered if the US moves to take over Greenland.
- An intra-NATO shooting match is highly unlikely, but tensions will ratchet up before a resolution is found.
- A jump in German manufacturing points to upside risk to Q4 GDP, but we still see a modest 0.2% rise.
- We’re lifting our Q4 growth forecast in France, by 0.2pp to 0.1%, due to strength in our nowcast model.
- Evidence of robust Q4 GDP in France and Germany will be reassuring news for the ECB.
- Swiss CPI in December eliminates the risk of deflation, as well as questions about negative rates.
- German factory orders rose strongly midway through Q4, but surveys signal downside risks.
- Falling unemployment and rising selling prices in the ESI tilt hawkish after dovish December inflation data.
- EZ inflation shifted dovishly in December, setting up a bigger drop in Q1 than the ECB expected…
- …The ECB prefers to sit out near-term volatility in inflation; that preference will be tested in Q1.
- German retail sales growth likely improved slightly over Q4, despite the fall in November.
- Risks have swung to a downside surprise in today’s EZ HICP, and the ECB’s forecasts being too hawkish.
- Markets are currently pricing in almost no chance of a further rate cut in H1; that will change soon.
- The EZ PMI is holding on for a gain over Q4, but the direction of travel across the quarter is downward.
- We look for an upside surprise in this week’s EZ December inflation data, but all eyes are now on Q1.
- Switzerland likely fell into deflation in December, but the SNB remains poised to hold rates steady in Q1.
- We think EZ retail sales beat the consensus in November, but manufacturing likely weakened.
- The hawkish shift in the ECB’s December forecasts has increased the risk of easing in early 2026.
- Growth in Spain was revised down slightly, with inflation staying sticky at the end of 2025.
- EZ M1 growth is stabilising at a modest pace, while manufacturing PMIs signal downside risk to industry.
