- In one line: Boosted by agriculture and capex, but momentum set to fade.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
- In one line: Retail softens in April, but growth momentum is holding up.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
- In one line: Boosted by investment, which can’t be relied upon post-“Liberation Day”.
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
In one line: Upturn in money supply continues; Italian GDP on a solid footing in Q1.
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
In one line: Strong, but remember difference in base effects in the CPI and HICP.
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
- In one line: Disregard completely; household spending is still weakening.
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
In one line: Consumption growth will slow in Q2.
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
The April collapse in Philippine imports in context
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
- A record agricultural harvest fuelled Brazil’s Q1 growth, but momentum is likely to slow.
- Services and capex held up, while industrial output shrank due to restrictive monetary policy.
- The job market’s resilience complicates the COPOM’s position, but conditions will deteriorate soon enough.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
- GDP growth in India easily beat expectations in Q1, rising to a one-year high of 7.4%, thanks to capex …
- …But the investment outlook has only darkened since, and all the other Q1 details were weak.
- We have nevertheless raised our downbeat 2025 GDP growth forecast to 6.8%, from 5.8%.
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
- We expect GDP to fall 0.1% month-to-month in April, as tariff front-running unwinds.
- We still look for quarter-to-quarter growth of 0.3% in Q2, above the MPC’s projection, 0.1%.
- A resilient economy is supporting our call for just one more 25bp cut to Bank Rate this year.
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
Tariff uncertainty comes for the housing market.
Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US
In one line: Still consistent with slight slowdown in growth in Q2.
Melanie Debono (Senior Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
In one line: Stronger than the increase in goods spending in France.
Melanie Debono (Senior Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
STRONG MOMENTUM, ELEVATED INFLATION...
- …BACK TO ONLY ONE MORE RATE CUT THIS YEAR
Rob Wood (Chief UK Economist)UK
A TENSE MONTH OF EU-US TRADE NEGOTIATIONS LIES AHEAD...
- ...WE STILL SEE UNCERTAINTY WEIGHING ON GROWTH
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
- We look for a 0.1% uptick in real consumers’ spending in April, and a 0.12% rise in the core PCE deflator.
- Q1 GDP growth probably still is being understated, but the economy was losing momentum nonetheless.
- The court ruling against the Trump tariffs looks unlikely to derail the administration’s trade agenda.
Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US
- No formal steps towards constitutional change have been taken, yet, despite Mr. Petro’s fiery rhetoric.
- Low protest turnout and legislative hurdles suggest Mr. Petro’s political project is losing momentum fast.
- Peru’s economy started 2025 strongly, supported by primary sectors and resilient domestic demand.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
