Eurozone Publications
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Emerging Asia Daily Monitor Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)
- March survey data show clear evidence of weakness from the war in Iran, but markets don’t care.
- Real M1 growth was still robust midway through Q1, but now comes the hit from rising inflation.
- Italian business confidence was resilient in March, but consumer sentiment is plunging.
- German IFO business sentiment sinks as the energy shock hits, denting hopes of a recovery this year.
- We’re lowering our forecast for German investment, but still see decent growth in Q2 and Q3.
- Fiscal stimulus and the net balance between external demand and inventories are tailwinds for growth.
- March PMIs point to a hit to activity in services from the war in Iran, but also upside risk to inflation.
- German industry is benefiting from front-running ahead of supply disruption in the Middle East.
- Inflation data will remain front and centre for the ECB, as the PMIs signal upside risk to core inflation.
- EZ interest rate expectations are being thrown around by the news-flow from Iran…
- …Too much tightening is now priced in for 2026; don’t pay rates into the March survey data.
- Tighter ECB policy means a flatter yield curve, similar to when pre-GFC rate hikes began in 2006.
- Ms. Lagarde struck a balanced tone, and the ECB moved ahead of the curve with its new forecasts…
- …Yet we think policymakers have made up their minds; hikes are coming, unless growth collapses.
- The SNB left rates at 0.0%. It will use FX intervention to target inflation. The bar to negative rates is high.
- EZ inflation is headed for just under 3% by May; the ECB will hike in response, likely in June and July.
- The ECB will justify higher rates by the need to move interest rates to the higher end of neutral.
- History warns against hiking into oil-price shocks, but the ECB will believe it can pull it off, again.
- Surging energy prices will hit disposable income growth and consumers’ spending this year…
- …But household balance sheets are strong; consumers will keep spending.
- We’re lowering our growth forecasts for this year by 0.3pp, and by 0.1pp next year as spending slows.
- Upside risks to EZ inflation are rising by the day, as the war in Iran curtails movement through Hormuz.
- Inflation in refined oil products could stay elevated in Europe even if crude prices fall back.
- Our model currently points to German and EZ HICP inflation at 2.3% and 2.4%, respectively, in March.
- German hard data were mixed in early Q1; industry and retail sales weakened, but net trade jumped.
- Surveys point to strength in manufacturing in Q1, despite January declines in new orders and output.
- The increase in German construction output in January looks odd; we think it will be revised away.
- The ECB will hold fire next week, but the risk of a hawkish shift in communication is now elevated.
- EZ inflation is on track to settle well above the ECB’s target, based on current oil and gas price futures.
- A modest 50bp tightening in Q2, taking interest rates to the higher end of neutral, is now a key risk.
- EZ retail sales dipped in January but likely will be revised higher; French industry rebounded.
- Mr. Trump’s threats to cut off Spanish exports lack teeth; he is unlikely to restrict US LNG exports either.
- Spanish industry will feel less pain than its ‘big four’ peers if energy prices remain elevated.
- Markets are speculating about an ECB hike in 2026, as energy prices surge and EZ core inflation jumps…
- …But we think the Bank will play it safe this month, opting to monitor the situation.
- The war in Iran and rising February core inflation pull up our 2026 inflation forecast by 0.2pp, to 2.1%.
- War in Iran will add 0.1-to-0.2pp to EZ inflation between now and June, at current oil and gas prices.
- Inflation in liquid fuels will jump immediately, but gas and electricity prices will rise more slowly.
- The ECB will view rising energy prices due to geopolitics as a negative supply shock.
- M1 growth leapt in January, but loan growth to non-financial firms slowed…or did it?
- The EC confidence survey fell in February, but the probability of a recession in the Eurozone is still low.
- Business sentiment in Italy edged down this month, but we remain optimistic about growth in 2026.
- EZ inflation will likely stay low in February, but the bar for further ECB easing remains high…
- …A rebound in liquid fuel inflation is the main near-term upside risk to EZ inflation.
- German domestic demand posted strong growth in Q4; just what the doctor ordered.
- INSEE survey data point to downside risk to growth in French domestic demand, ex-inventories, in Q1.
- Investment in France is still struggling, and consumption growth is vulnerable to a reversal.
- We’re lowering our full-year 2026 growth forecast for France by 0.3pp, to 1.0%.
- Mr. Trump’s new tariffs on the EU are little changed, but will they shift the timing of US imports?…
- …A universal US tariff reduces the disinflationary threat to EZ core goods from Chinese dumping.
- Italian energy prices will fall further this year, as the government aims to lower electricity and gas prices.
- Inflation in France fell sharply in January, but is now poised for a rebound as energy inflation rises.
- Consumer electricity prices in France are set to become much more volatile after the regulation shift.
- Core inflation in France should hold around 1% for most of 2026, before rising to 1.5% by December.
- German electricity prices fell only modestly in January, and petrol prices jumped.
- Low German gas inventories point to upside inflation risk, but also make sense given a shift to LNG supply.
- ZEW investor expectations fell in February but remain close to a cyclical high.
- The Swiss economy eked out growth of 0.2% in Q4 after shrinking in Q3. Q1 looks set to be better.
- EZ industry had a challenging December, and surveys point to downside risk in early Q1.
- We think it is only a matter of time before EU leaders get serious about joint borrowing for defence.
