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LATAM SHIELDS ITSELF AMID TARIFF TURMOIL…
- …BUT VULNERABILITIES AND RISKS REMAIN ELEVATED
- In one line: House prices fall in April as the rush to beat stamp duty increases unwinds, they will rise in H2.
Growth in services spending has slowed only modestly, but a sharper decline lies ahead.
- In one line: Tariffs distort the numbers, but underlying growth was already slowing in Q1
Tariffs distort the numbers, but underlying growth was already slowing in Q1.
The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.
The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.
- Last week's jump in initial claims was entirely due to the timing of school holidays in New York state.
- Leading indicators, however, are continuing to deteriorate; layoffs in logistics are just a couple weeks off.
- The April ISM manufacturing survey points to a plunge in output and higher core goods prices.
- Agriculture props up Mexico’s GDP, but industrial recession reveals underlying economic fragility.
- US tariffs hit manufacturing hard, while weakening labour data signal sluggish services momentum.
- Monetary easing likely to continue, but tight fiscal space limits scope for meaningful stimulus ahead.
- Our bullish forecast for Taiwan’s GDP paid off for Q1, as growth jumped to 5.4% year-over-year.
- Exports surged 20%, driven by extreme front- loading ahead of tariffs set on “Liberation Day”.
- We expect this momentum to slow, as the front-loading inevitably fades in the months ahead.
- The Bank of Japan left rates on hold yesterday to no-one’s surprise, but adopted a more bearish outlook.
- Governor Ueda denied that the prospect of delay in attaining the inflation goal means delayed rate hikes.
- It probably does for this year, but Ueda is maintaining room to shift policy in light of trade uncertainty.
- We now think EZ investment is falling, mainly due to sustained weakness in machinery and equipment.
- Leading indicators for construction and services capex look solid, at least before the tariff shock.
- Surveys point to downside risks for inventories in H1, but brace for significant volatility this year.
- We expect zero GDP growth in March as industrial production falls and service activity slows.
- Quarter-to-quarter growth of 0.6% in Q1 will comfortably beat the MPC’s projection of 0.3%.
- GDP growth will slow further in Q2-to-Q4 2025 as the trade war begins to feed into the hard data.
In one line: GDP growth pick up in Q1 will prove short-lived as trade uncertainty hits.
In one line: Germany CPI looks softer than we anticipated, but core inflation rose.
- In one line: Agricultural rebound masks broad-based weakness.
- In one line: Agricultural rebound masks broad-based weakness.
- In one line: Consumption resilient amid headwinds, but confidence wavers as external risks build.
In one line: Supporting our above-consensus EZ call.
In one line: HICP coming in hot.
