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Ian Shepherdson (Chief Economist, Chairman and Founder)Global
- Retail sales slid in each month in Q3, making it a quarter to forget for the sector.
- Services spending rose in August, picking up the slack; surveys suggest it won’t do so again in Q4.
- We are revising down our consumption call for Q4 and therefore now look for a shallow EZ recession.
Melanie Debono (Senior Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
- Colombia’s BanRep will likely cut rates very soon, as inflation continues to fall consistently.
- Increased borrowing costs are dampening domestic demand growth, despite BanRep’s liquidity boost.
- The labour market is already showing signs of fatigue, contrary to some hawkish Board members’ views.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
In one line: Not enough to prevent a quarterly fall in Q3 overall.
Melanie Debono (Senior Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
- Falling Chinese exports indicate weak global demand; Japanese wages pick up slightly
Kelvin Lam (Senior China+ Economist)China+
Proof that the BSP’s out-of-cycle rate hike was rash
The Philippines’ smallest deficit in almost a year isn’t exactly good news
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
- Inventories are noisy and can’t be forecast with confi- dence, but signs point to drag on Q4 GDP growth.
- Real personal incomes after tax fell outright in the third quarter, but will rebound in the fourth...
- ...Spending, though, likely will head in the opposite direction, we see few signs of an impending rollover.
Ian Shepherdson (Chief Economist, Chairman and Founder)US
- Inflation in the Philippines plunged in October, making the BSP’s recent hike look more reckless...
- ...The U-turn in rice prices is now feeding through, and the unbroken core disinflation is far from over.
- Outright deflation has taken hold in Thailand, but it should be relatively mild and last until early Q2.
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
- German industry was in recession in early H2, and we suspect it will remain so at least to year-end.
- Spanish industry ended Q3 on a high but was still also in recession.
- Construction will continue to struggle; risks to our call for EZ GDP to rebound are to the downside.
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
- Mexico’s economy did well in Q3, but growth continues to ease on a sequential basis.
- Increased infrastructure spending and nearshoring are offsetting the hit from tighter financial conditions...
- ...But the upside boost will gradually fade, and a weakening global economy will also be a drag.
Andrés Abadía (Chief LatAm Economist)Latin America
- The Fed’s Senior Loan Officer Survey shows slightly fewer banks are still tightening lending standards…
- …But on one is easing lending standards, and tight credit will constrain growth for the foreseeable future.
- Consumer credit growth likely rebounded in September, but the trend is slowing.
Ian Shepherdson (Chief Economist, Chairman and Founder)US
- GDP growth in Indonesia slowed to 4.9% in Q3, from 5.2% in Q2, falling just shy of expectations...
- ...Public and private consumption were largely to blame, and improvement any time soon is unlikely.
- Exports were grim, but the worst is over; the same cannot be said, however, for equipment capex.
Miguel Chanco (Chief EM Asia Economist)Emerging Asia
- The PMIs warn that the slowdown in the EZ economy is becoming more broad-based...
- ...But they’re probably too pessimistic, and investor sentiment points to better headlines ahead.
- German factory orders edged higher in September, but the details show that overall weakness persists.
Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone
