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28 May 2026 UK Monitor Corporate failures remain low, but Iran war will boost distress slightly

  • The insolvency rate remains low, suggesting a resilience to slower GDP growth in H2 2025.
  • Higher borrowing costs will hit highly indebted and low-margin sectors of the economy.
  • Corporate insolvencies will drift higher in the coming months, but we see few signs of major damage yet.

PM Datanote: US Consumer Confidence, May 2026

Consistent with renewed labor market weakness.

27 May 2026 Global Monitor The fiscal sugar rush for US households is over; meager rations lie ahead

  • US - The fiscal sugar rush for households is over; meager rations lie ahead
  • EUROZONE - PMIs indicate the EZ economy is now in stagflation
  • UK - CPI review: much—not all—of the downside news will unwind
  • CHINA+ - Weak JPY pushing BoJ to hike rates, despite slowing inflation
  • EM ASIA - BI’s huge, but explicitly pre-emptive, 50bp rate hike likely a one-off
  • LATAM - Brazil’s economy still resilient, but restrictive policy is biting

27 May 2026 US Monitor Re-emerging positive wealth effect unlikely to prevent spending slowing

  • The increase in asset prices over the past year implies a one percentage point boost to consumption...
  • ..A bit less than rules of thumb imply, due to low confidence, already-low saving and high borrowing costs.
  • Real incomes probably will rise just 4% year-over-year in Q4, limiting spending growth to 1%%.

27 May 2026 LatAm Monitor Peru's economy holding firm, but inflation is now a threat

  • Capex and construction in Peru continue to drive one of LatAm’s strongest recoveries…
  • …But higher oil prices and persistent core inflation complicate the BCRP’s policy outlook.
  • Political uncertainty and tighter global conditions threaten momentum over the coming quarters.

27 May 2026 Emerging Asia Monitor Bad trade news keeps coming for the THB, but oil hit will soon peak

  • Thailand’s trade deficit blowout in April was caused to a large extent by a violent swing in seasonals…
  • …But the adjusted gap still hit a record low; we’ve cut our 2026 current account forecast to -1.5%.
  • The oil-price boost to yearly import growth should peak soon, but exports are losing momentum too.

27 May 2026 Eurozone Monitor Hopes of a US-Iran deal are 'too little too late' to shift the EC

  • Thailand’s trade deficit blowout in April was caused to a large extent by a violent swing in seasonals…
    …But the adjusted gap still hit a record low; we’ve cut our 2026 current account forecast to -1.5%.
  • The oil-price boost to yearly import growth should peak soon, but exports are losing momentum too.

27 May 2026 UK Monitor We see little evidence of residual seasonality in the GDP data

  • Consensus-beating headline GDP growth in Q1 was boosted by a post-Budget rebound in activity.
  • We see few reasons, however, to challenge the data on grounds of residual seasonality.
  • Rather, tariff front-running, tax changes and pre-Budget uncertainty explain recent growth trends.

26 May 2026 Emerging Asia Monitor India health check as Middle East war hits three months

  • Indian factories are hurting more from the war, but the worst of the bleeding in exports looks done…
  • …Oil products will eventually respond to the price signal; Russian imports are a stop-gap for crude.
  • We’ve raised our 2026 CPI call to a still-dovish 3.9% after correcting an error in our food-price tracker.

CN Datanote: Exports, Japan, April

In one line: Japan’s export growth accelerates on rising legacy chip prices

CN Datanote: 20-Day Exports, Korea, May

In one line: Korea’s chip export boom masks the underlying K-shaped recovery

CN Datanote: Flash Services PMI Japan, May

In one line: Japan's services activity stalls in May, likely hit by slowing inbound tourism

CN Datanote: Flash Manufacturing PMI, Japan, May

In one line: Japan’s manufacturing expansion slows in May, but precautionary front-loading continues

CN Datanote: GDP, Japan, Q1

In one line: Japan’s Q1 GDP beats expectations, but extended Strait closure complicates BoJ tightening

Global Datanote: National CPI, Japan, April, 2026

  • In one line: Japan's inflation slowed in April, but that probably won't dissuade the BoJ from hiking

CHINA+ DATA WRAP 22 May 2026: Japan's inflation slowed in April

In one line: Japan's slowing inflation probably won't dissuade the BoJ from hiking rates next month

PM Datanote: US Housing Starts / Jobless Claims

Flat trend in permits points to relapse in starts soon.

PM Datanote: Retail Sales, Mexico, March, 2026

  • In one line: Retail sales remain resilient, but momentum still looks soft.
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