2 Sept 2022 Eurozone Monitor No Help for ECB Doves Looking Beyond the CPI Data for Support

• ECB doves have little to pin their hope on for next
  week, despite soft survey data in manufacturing.
• The EZ labour market was resilient at the start of Q3, but spending, ex-services, was mixed.
• EZ manufacturing is now likely in recession, but this is not enough to stay the ECB's hand.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone

2 Aug 2022 EZ Monitor The EZ Labour Market is Resilient, but Cracks are Now Showing

The EZ jobless rate held at a record-low in June, but the number of people unemployed rose slightly.

Ukrainian refugees are lifting labour supply less than expected, but we still see joblessness rising in H2.

We think the EZ unemployment rate will rise to 7.0% by year-end; risks to this forecasts are balanced.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone

20 July 2022 The ECB will Lift its Depo Rate by 25bp this week...or Maybe 50bp

We think the ECB will raise its depo-rate by 25bp this week, to -0.25%; a 50bp hike would not be a shock.

The ECB’s new anti-fragmentation tool probably won’t be unveiled in full this week.

Output in euro area construction fell in Q2, but it was only a minor drag on GDP growth.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone

6 June 2022 Look Closely, and the Data Point to Early Signs of Weakness in the EZ

A rebound in services activity is supporting EZ GDP growth; we see softness everywhere else.

We still see EZ GDP rising by 0.5% quarter-on- quarter in Q2, before a sharp slowdown in H2.

Unemployment in the euro area is still falling, but at a slowing rate; this trend will continue in H2.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone

31 May 2022 ECB Hawks will Use the May HICP Data to Push for 50bp in July

Advance inflation in Germany and Spain hints at an upside surprise in today’s EZ HICP data for May.

Core HICP inflation in Germany will rise above 4% over the summer, adding to the pressure on the ECB.

The EU still hasn’t agreed on a Russian oil ban, but all eyes on Brussels today for a breakthrough.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone

24 May 2022 The ECB is Clear as Rain; the First Rate Hike will Come in July

The ECB is nailing its colours to the mast; the deposit rate will be hiked in July and September.

The euro is a decent predictor for import price inflation in some goods, but not for the core HICP.

Soaring PPI inflation points to sustained upside risks for core consumer goods inflation in Q2.

Claus Vistesen (Chief Eurozone Economist)Eurozone