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Daily Monitor Global Weekly Monitor Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)
- EZ money supply growth slowed in June, but the trend is solid and the credit impulse improved again.
- IFO expectations in Germany are rising across almost all sectors; is a cyclical upturn underway?
- French consumer confidence rose marginally in July, but Italy’s IESI was held back by services weakness.
- The ECB stood pat, as expected; Ms. Lagarde turned hawkish during the press conference.
- We still think inflation below 2% over the summer will be enough for a 25bp rate cut in September.
- EZ PMIs for July point to resilience, but also continued fragile growth in the core economies.
- The ECB will keep its powder dry this week, waiting for the September forecasts to decide its next move.
- The range of forecasts for the ECB’s policy rate next year has widened significantly.
We still see the deposit rate falling below 2% this year, setting up hikes by the end of 2026.
- We’re lowering our Q2 GDP growth forecast for France, but lifting it for Spain and Italy…
- …We now think EZ GDP rose by 0.2% quarter-to-quarter, with the risk tilted to the upside.
- Near-term risks are balanced as we prepare to be marked-to-market on our H2 slowdown call.
- Headline and core inflation remain on track to support a 25bp ECB rate cut by September.
- The key difference between our and the ECB’s latest forecast is that we see inflation rebounding in Q4.
- The outlook for the ECB is bi-modal; the Bank will stay at 2.0% in 2026 if it holds fire in September.
- The EZ goods trade surplus rose in May, but only because imports fell further than exports.
- Our Nowcast model points to upside risks to our forecast for Q2 growth, but it excludes net trade.
- We will update our Q2 growth forecasts on Friday with the EZ construction data for May.
- Industrial production in the Eurozone slowed in Q2 after a breakneck Q1; what awaits in Q3?
- Leading indicators for manufacturing are mixed; the output PMI has been the best so far this year.
- A reversal of tariff front-running will weigh on output in H2, regardless of what tariffs the EU ends up with.
- Isabel Schnabel draws another line in the sand for the ECB’s policy rate to stay at 2.0%…
- …but we still think she and other hawks will lose out as dovish data tee up a 25bp cut in September.
- Fair value models point to Bund yields at 2.5%, but fiscal policy and Dutch pension selling say otherwise.
- Net exports warn of a downside surprise in German Q2 GDP; we look for zero growth.
- Manufacturing and services are upside risks to Q2 growth in Germany; construction was a drag.
- The upturn in real M1 growth points to accelerating German GDP growth from early 2026 onwards.
- Tariffs will likely dominate this week; will Mr. Trump stick or twist in the negotiations with the EU?
- The near-term outlook for German manufacturing is better than what is implied by factory orders in May.
- EZ industrial production likely fell in May, reversing the jump in late Q1, ahead of US tariffs.
- A glass-half-full perspective indicates that the stars are aligned for a “beautiful releveraging” in the EZ.
- The EZ economy is completing a soft landing, an important prerequisite for a beautiful releveraging.
- Germany leading from the front is a key condition for a growth-supporting leverage cycle in the Eurozone.
- Falling oil prices and a strong euro are playing into the hands of ECB doves, for now.
- Services inflation is a key upside risk in the June HICP, but we still see core inflation at 2% by August.
- Fiscal details and a US-EU trade deal could swing the September meeting in favour of ECB hawks.
- A firm commitment from Germany to spend 5% of GDP on defence would be a rug-pull for Bunds.
- Rising investor sentiment and calmness on the trade front point to decent June survey data this week.
- Early-Q2 data indicate upside risk to GDP growth in France, but we still look for just 0.1% q/q.
- The EZ current account surplus crashed in April, pulled lower by net trade in goods and services.
- Portfolio in- and outflows in the Eurozone remain strong, but both are now likely peaking.
- Final EZ HICP data leave intact yesterday’s forecast update, save for a small revision to inflation in 2025.
- Inflation in the EZ will settle at 2.0% over the summer, with the core also hitting 2% by August…
- …This should be enough for a final 25bp ECB rate cut in September, to 1.75%, setting up hikes next year.
- We’re lowering our inflation forecasts for 2026, but we’re still well above the ECB’s June projections.
- The SNB is sure to ease this Thursday, and more analysts have joined us in expecting a sub-zero rate.
- Strength in EURUSD is supported by leading indicators, but the recent rally will fade soon.
- Disinflation in core goods from EURUSD at 1.15 is trivial, despite the ECB’s stringent forecast rules.
- EZ industrial production fell in April, as goods exports retreated.
- The increase in tariff rates in April hurt exports, but the main hit came from fading tariff front-running.
- The risks to our calls for net trade and GDP in Q2 are to the downside.
- A drop in EZ headline inflation to 2.0% in May should be enough to pull a 25bp ECB rate cut over the line.
- The ECB’s 2026 HICP forecasts likely will determine whether doves get rates cut to 1.75% over summer.
- German retail sales fell in April, but the upturn in EZ real M1 growth accelerated further.
- EZ GDP was propelled higher in Q1 on the back of an upwardly revised Irish GDP figure...
- ...This was, in turn, down to tariff front-running practices, which will almost surely reverse in Q2.
- We are cutting our forecast for EZ Q2 GDP, but the strength in Q1 means our 2025 call is still up a tad.
- The ECB cut the deposit rate by 25bp to 2.0%, as expected, but Ms. Lagarde signalled this is it.
- We still see a final 25bp cut, to 1.75%—now in September—but we’re less certain than before.
- The ECB’s new forecasts are very dovish on inflation and likely will have to be revised up in due course.
