Pantheon Publications
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In one line: Stagflation is back, with a vengeance.
In one line: Stagflation is back, with a vengeance.
In one line: Downside risks are widening.
In one line: Downside risks are widening.
- In one line: An insurance hike; most probably a “one and done”.
- In one line: An insurance hike; most probably a “one and done”.
Indian PMIs rebounding on the back of the fragile ceasefire
- In one line: Underlying inflation accelerating tips the balance towards rate hikes if oil prices stay high, or limits the room for cuts if oil prices fall back.
- In one line: Stabilising jobs and unemployment fall challenges the MPC assessment of how fast the labour market was loosening.
- In one line: House price inflation to remain weak in 2026.
- Bank lending to businesses has shot up this year; often this signals faster growth in capex...
- ...But this time the jump in lending likely reflects a tightening of access to private credit.
- The S&P Global PMI probably is overstating the upward pressure on core inflation.
- Inflation continues to ease in Mexico, but core pressures are sticky and non-core volatility persists.
- Retail sales are weakening, with tighter financial conditions and remittances weighing on households.
- Banxico will ease cautiously as slower growth supports cuts but persistent inflation limits the pace.
- In what was a coin-toss meeting, the BSP tightened the target reverse repo rate by 25bp to 4.50%…
- …It raised its CPI forecast to above 4% for 2027; we doubt inflation will be this bad or persistent.
- India’s PMIs rebounded partially in April from the March shock, but the broad trend is still weak.
- A plunge in services PMIs warns that the growth in EZ consumers’ spending is now grinding to a halt.
- We cut our Q2 EZ GDP growth forecasts further, by 0.1pp to 0.1%, due to weakness in Germany.
- We still think the ECB will respond to the inflation shock by hiking, but markets are too hawkish.
- We expect the MPC to vote nine-to-zero to hold Bank Rate, with risks of one or two votes for a cut.
- The MPC is likely to keep its guidance little changed, emphasising that it stands ready to act if needed.
- We expect the MPC to raise its 2026 inflation forecast but cut the two-year ahead number to 1.9%.
- In one line: Another month, another hold, as global assumptions are downgraded further.
- In one line: Another month, another hold, as global assumptions are downgraded further.
Returning to last year’s average; a further recovery looks unlikely.
Initially resilient, but near-real time data now show gas price pain.
- Weekly ADP payroll data and the ASA’s staffing index have picked up, but both have poor track records.
- Measures of job openings have worsened, and our preferred indicators of payrolls haven’t improved.
- The impact of AI on the economy looks too uncertain to justify rate cuts in the near term.
