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Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)
- We expect real household disposable income to grow by 2.0% in 2025 and 1.3% in 2026.
- Elevated inflation expectations will likely keep wage growth slowing only gradually.
- Our call for 1.5% year-over-year consumption growth over 2025-to-27 needs only a modest saving rate fall.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- A second consecutive drop in GDP raises the chances that the MPC cuts rate again in August.
- But GDP should bounce in June, as real estate and car output improves and retail sales gain.
- We expect May’s payrolls fall to be revised much smaller and CPI inflation to tick up to 3.5% in June.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- The OBR has again deemed the public finances to be on an unsustainable trajectory.
- Climate-change mitigation and an ageing population will be costly for the exchequer.
- Lifting productivity growth is crucial for ensuring the debt burden remains manageable.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- Green shoots of recovery emerge in the housing market as stamp duty disruption fades.
- The RICS new buyer enquiries balance jumped by the most month-to-month in 24 years, ignoring Covid.
- Homeowners should face a much smaller refinancing rate rise this year than in 2023 or 2024.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- The UK’s unsustainable government-debt trajectory leaves gilts vulnerable to selling off.
- The OBR this week detailed risks to its projection that government debt will hit 270% of GDP in the 2070s.
- Gilt yields will likely avoid a sharp sell-off as long as the government sticks to reasonably tight fiscal rules.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- We expect CPI inflation to nudge up to 3.5% in June from 3.4% in April, driven by food prices.
- An earlier CPI collection date than our assumption of June 17 would pose downside risk…
- …Clothes and hotel prices likely strengthened later in the month as temperatures rose.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- We expect May’s monthly payroll fall to be revised up by 77K, and June’s first estimate to show a 15K drop.
- Payrolls have gone haywire, while leading indicators suggest job growth is improving.
- Private ex-bonus AWE should rise 0.5% month-to-month as pay growth slows only gradually.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Rising car registrations signals recovering underlying economic activity.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: The Construction PMI will continue to recover as tariff uncertainty fades and Government investment soars.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Happy days as growth improves and inflation slows; the MPC could welcome the news with another cut in August.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Rebounding employment expectations suggest inflation pressure will remain stubborn.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: June’s downward revisions to the PMI’s sub-indices were likely driven by oil prices, sentiment will continue to improve.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Falling saving flows and rising corporate borrowing point to solid economic growth.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: House prices fall in June but returning buyer demand will push up prices soon.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- In one line: Better balanced growth after revisions bodes well.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
HOUSE PRICES COLLAPSE IN APRIL...
- ...BUT THE RECOVERY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- A range of soft and hard data last week supported our call that the economy is rebounding from a soft patch.
- Fading uncertainty, and recovery after payback from tariff and tax front-running, help growth improve.
- The DMP shows the pace of disinflation easing too, so we still look for only one more rate cut this year.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- U-turns scorch the Chancellor’s fiscal headroom, and appetite for corrective action seems limited.
- We expect ‘stealth tax’ hikes, some of which boost inflation, and a fudge of the fiscal rules in the Budget.
- The PMI and DMP show better growth and slower inflation, but we expect only one more rate cut in 2025.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
WEAK JOBS PUSHING THE MPC TO AN AUGUST CUT...
- …BUT ONLY ONE MORE CUT THIS YEAR IS THE RIGHT CALL
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
- We expect GDP to rise 0.1% month-to-month in May, as professional services activity rebounds.
- We still look for quarter-to-quarter growth of 0.2% in Q2, below the MPC’s latest projection, 0.3%.
- We remain upbeat on underlying growth, partly supporting our call for just one more rate cut in 2025.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
