UK Publications
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Chartbook Daily Monitor
- We expect sterling to continue to appreciate gradually against the dollar, reaching $1.30 by the end of the year.
- Markets’ expectations for Fed rate cuts look well founded, but the MPC will be more cautious than investors expect.
- Public opinion would have to shift dramatically for the election to lead to a sterling-damaging hung parliament.
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- The headline rate of CPI inflation likely remained at 3.9% in December, staying 0.7pp below the MPC’s MPR forecast.
- Core goods CPI inflation probably recovered a bit after November’s dip, but services inflation likely edged down.
- A base effect likely reduced accommodation services inflation; no reason to expect an erratic airfares outturn.
Samuel TombsUK
- We look for flat employee numbers in December, a slight deterioration compared to earlier months in 2023...
- ...But October’s fall in AWE will be revised smaller, and public sector pay rises likely boosted AWE in November.
- The slowdown in wage growth likely will still be too mild for the MPC to change its tune at February’s meeting.
Samuel TombsUK
- Business surveys, employment and consumer borrowing data imply GDP is still on a rising trend.
- Output will rebound in many weather-sensitive sectors in November, after October’s bout of heavy rainfall.
- The impact of the fall in Covid booster jabs on health output will be largely offset by a hiatus in strike action.
Samuel TombsUK
- 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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- 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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- 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
CPI INFLATION TO AVERAGE JUST 2.7% IN 2024...
- ...BUT THE MPC WILL WAIT UNTIL MAY TO CUT BANK RATE
Samuel TombsUK
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The MPC still thinks that monetary policy will need to be restrictive “for an extended period of time”.
- It downplayed recent downside data surprises and continued to fret about upward inflation risks.
- It will wait for clarity on fiscal policy and the impact of the NLW hike before easing; the first cut will come in May.
Samuel TombsUK
- Most of October’s 0.3% month-to-month fall in GDP probably was reversed in November...
- ...Some sectors struggled in October due to bad weather; survey and employee data point to modest GDP growth.
- The near-term outlook for real household disposable income is positive; a recession is still only a tail risk.
Samuel TombsUK
- The first estimate of a month-to-month drop in wages in October likely will be revised to a small rise soon...
- ...but the rising trend has weakened greatly since Q2, and PAYE RTI data point to further near-term weakness.
- Wage growth will accelerate only slightly in the run-up to April’s NLW hike; the MPC can cut rates in May.
Samuel TombsUK
- Services CPI inflation likely rose to 6.6% in November, from 6.5%, but undershot the MPC’s 6.9% forecast.
- Surveys point to an ongoing slowdown in service price rises; the energy price shock has filtered through...
- ...But accommodation services and TV subscription prices likely picked up in November.
Samuel TombsUK
- We think GDP rose by 0.1% month-to-month in October, despite disruption from Storm Babet.
- The composite PMI points to a decline in activity, but we think it has been excessively weak recently.
- Output in the health sector likely increased again, driven by a pick-up in Covid booster vaccinations.
Samuel TombsUK
- Employee numbers likely were broadly unchanged month-to-month in November.
- PAYE figures and ONS survey data point to a further loss of upward momentum in wages in October...
- ...But rises in the Real Living Wage and public- sector pay likely supported growth temporarily
Samuel TombsUK
- The composite PMI topped 50 in November for the first time since July and is likely understating GDP growth.
- S&P’s bespoke seasonal adjustment process is depressing the PMI; public-sector output will rise in Q4.
- S&P’s survey also signals slowing service price rises and flat employment; a May Bank Rate cut is still in play.
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- Redundancy notifications jumped in mid-November; the rise isn’t just due to one big business failure.
- Both the Adzuna and Indeed measures of job vacan- cies also have fallen during the fourth quarter.
- Some measures of employment intentions are robust, but job hoarding might ease as unemployment rises.
Samuel TombsUK
