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UK Publications

Below is a list of our UK Publications for the last 6 months. If you are looking for reports older than 6 months please email info@pantheonmacro.com, or contact your account rep

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5 January 2024 UK Monitor Mortgage Lending Stayed Weak in November but Should Rise from Q2

  • Growth in money supply remained weak in November, largely due to subdued mortgage lending...
  • ...But a recovery should take hold from Q2, as buyer de- mand picks up in response to the falling mortgage rates.
  • Consumers probably continue to borrow more to fund consumption, as borrowing costs start to come down.

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4 January 2024 UK Monitor Strong Balance Sheets to Temper Interest Rates' Impact on Capex

  • Business investment as a share of GDP still was in line with its 2015-to-19 average, despite falling in Q3.
  • We think it will fall further in the first half of the year, as firms continue to grapple with high borrow ng costs...
  • ...But strong balance sheets and recovering sentiment should prevent a sharp decline.

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UK Datanote: U.K. S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing Survey, December 2023

  • In one line: Downturn in manufacturing output has further to run. 

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3 January 2024 UK Monitor Households' Saving Rate Won't Rise Further in 2024; Spending to Recover

  • The economy had no momentum last year, partly because households’ saving ratio increased sharply...
  • ...But many people have now replenished their savings; others benefited in Q4 from a jump in financial wealth.
  • A revival in mortgage lending in 2024 will lower the saving ratio, ensuring spending rises more quickly than RHDI.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Retail Sales, November

In one line: A gradual recovery should be sustained next year. 

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UK Datanote: U.K. National Accounts, Q3 2023

  • In one line: The trend in GDP was flat in 2023; expect a material improvement in 2024.

Samuel TombsUK

22 December 2023 UK Monitor Modest Budget Tax Cuts Still in Play, Despite the Borrowing Overshoot

  • Borrowing in the first eight months of 2023/24 is currently estimated to have topped the OBR's forecast by £6B…
  •  ...But early borrowing estimates often are revised down, and lower RPI inflation will weigh on interest payments.
  •  The fall in interest rate expectations suggests Mr. Hunt has scope to cut taxes by about £15B in the Budget.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Public Finances, November 2023

  • In one line: The consolidation is progressing well enough for modest tax cuts in the Budget.

Samuel TombsUK

21 December 2023 UK Monitor CPI Inflation Set to Hit 2% Target As Soon As May, Facilitating Rate Cuts

  • The headline CPI rose at a three-month-on-three-month annualised rate of just 1.8% in November.
  • The MPC won’t dismiss this as just noise; its new measure of underlying services inflation has slowed too. 
  • Stable producer prices and falling energy prices imply the headline rate will hit the 2% target as soon as May.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Consumer Prices, November 2023

  • In one line: Sharp decline in inflation not merely due to some of its noisy components.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. CBI Industrial Trends Survey, December

  • In one line: Manufacturing output likely has further to fall. 

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20 December 2023 UK Monitor Falling Mortgage Rates Point to a Revival in House Prices in 2024

  • Timely indicators of house-purchase demand have strengthened, but not by quite enough to raise prices yet.
  • House price indices still paint very different pictures; we expect the official index to be revised down.
  • Demand, however, will recover further in Q1, as mortgage rates continue to fall; expect a 5% rise in prices in 2024. 

Samuel TombsUK

19 December 2023 UK Monitor Consumer Energy Bills to Fall by 10% in April, Driving Down Inflation

  • Ofgem likely will reduce its default tariff cap by 10% in April, if wholesale prices remain at their current level.
  • Current weights imply this will reduce the all-items CPI by 0.5pp; the drag might be larger after weight updates.
  • The recent fall in oil prices has improved the CPI inflation outlook too; we expect it to average just 2.7% in 2024.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Flash PMIs, December 2023

  • In one line: Further recovery should ease recession fears.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. GfK Consumer's Confidence Survey, December

  • In one line: Recovery should gather momentum next year. 

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UK Datanote: U.K. MPC Decision & Minutes, December

  • In one line: Continued hawkishness suggests May still is the earliest plausible date for the first rate cut.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. International Trade, October 2023

  • In one line: Narrowing trend to re-emerge during the rest of Q4.

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UK Datanote: U.K. GDP, October 2023

  • In one line: A broad-based drop, but expect a recovery in the final two months of 2023.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Labour Market Data, October/November 2023

  • In one line:  The trend in wage growth is weakening, but not as dramatically as October’s data imply.

Samuel TombsUK

UK Datanote: U.K. Report on Jobs Survey, November 2023

  • In one line: Consistent with unemployment rising more quickly than the MPC expects.

Samuel TombsUK

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