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Global Data Pod Weekender: A good foundation

Global Data Pod: Lagarde to depart, but the direction of travel remains

The European Central Bank faces a leadership transition following Christine Lagarde’s announced departure, yet institutional frameworks, including established policy toolkits and staff-led forecasting, ensure significant continuity regardless of her successor. While the Euro area economy demonstrated resilience with 0....

Global Data Pod Weekender: Once more unto the breach

Global economic momentum remains robust following strong third-quarter GDP results, yet the fourth quarter faces significant tests from energy price shocks and cooling consumer demand. While business sector profits and labor hours suggest underlying resilience, the sustainability of this growth depends on whether corpo...

Global Data Pod: Pressures build, growth holds up in Western Europe

Western European economies face a complex landscape characterized by resilient growth, rising energy costs, and significant fiscal challenges. In France, political unrest and strikes exert only marginal pressure on GDP, with broad political consensus supporting long-term fiscal consolidation. Meanwhile, the UK economy ...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Knowing where you are

Global economic conditions reflect a complex interplay between persistent inflation and resilient growth, with central banks maintaining a hawkish stance. Headline inflation is accelerating, driven by energy costs and underlying pressures in core goods and services. While global growth remained strong through the third...

Global Data Pod: Gauging the fiscal and energy squeeze in Western Europe

The Western European economic landscape faces significant pressure from the widening gap between long-term interest rates and nominal GDP growth, complicating sovereign debt sustainability. While recent growth resilience in the Euro area and the UK has provided a temporary buffer, long-term GDP expectations remain stag...

Global Data Pod: Is it 2012 all over again in Western Europe?

Fiscal policy challenges in Western Europe, particularly in France and the UK, stem from persistent structural deficits and recent market volatility. In France, political fragmentation complicates the implementation of necessary fiscal consolidation, despite a growing awareness across the political spectrum—including t...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Stand by your PMIs

Global economic growth remains resilient, supported by strong business surveys and positive PMI readings that signal continued cyclical expansion. While U.S. consumer spending shows signs of cooling from its third-quarter peak, labor market fundamentals, specifically hours worked, remain robust. Inflationary pressures ...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Now what?

Global economic growth remains robust, moving at over half a percentage point above trend, yet labor market data consistently fails to mirror this momentum. A fundamental debate persists regarding whether this expansion can be sustained without a corresponding rebound in job creation. While some argue that technology-d...

Global Data Pod: Once again, all at once in Western Europe

France’s 2027 budget proposal signals a commitment to structural fiscal consolidation, even as political instability and the absence of a parliamentary majority complicate implementation. While market volatility and rising sovereign bond yields have intensified, these movements stem primarily from broader global econom...

Global Data Pod: Inflation monitor: Goods inflation moving into higher gear

Global inflation momentum is rebounding following a mid-year moderation, fueled by a renewed rise in consumer energy prices and firming core goods inflation. In the United States, core PCE inflation remains elevated despite recent methodology revisions, prompting expectations of continued Federal Reserve rate hikes. Me...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Yes Virginia, there is a tradeoff between growth and inflation

The global economy is currently experiencing a broad-based, mid-cycle growth uptick, with the U.S. maintaining an underlying growth pace near 3%. Financial markets are pricing in an extended period of higher interest rates, signaling a shift in the perceived neutral rate driven by technological shocks and increased cap...

Global Data Pod: Another hawkish week in Western Europe

Macroeconomic data across Western Europe points toward a hawkish shift in central bank policies as growth proves more resilient than previously anticipated. Euro area PMI reports indicate annualized growth of 1.7%, prompting markets to price in at least four additional ECB rate hikes. Meanwhile, the Bank of England con...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Tomayto, tomahto

Global Data Pod: Western European central banks are on the move

Global Data Pod Weekender: September song

Advanced economy central banks are initiating a synchronized cycle of interest rate hikes, signaling an end to the expectation of "immaculate disinflation." Sticky inflation and resilient growth have forced policymakers to abandon the belief that inflation will naturally return to target levels. Applying a standard Tay...

Global Data Pod: The ECB is on the move, will the BoE follow?

European and UK economies are demonstrating surprising resilience against ongoing energy shocks, prompting central banks to adopt increasingly hawkish stances. While initial forecasts anticipated systemic weakness, recent data shows growth holding steady, fueled by AI-related investment and robust business activity in ...

Global Data Pod Weekender: Labor day

The global economy exhibits strong cyclical momentum, evidenced by robust PMI readings across both manufacturing and services sectors. While the U.S. labor market previously appeared disconnected from high consumer spending, recent payroll data indicates improved alignment through stronger wage growth and increased hou...

Global Data Pod: A second ECB hike and still not done

Euro area economic growth maintains an above-potential pace, supported by resilient survey data despite localized weaknesses in France and softening capital expenditure. Energy prices continue to drive inflation uncertainty, though current storage levels and improved government coordination mitigate the risk of severe ...

Global Data Pod: Inflation Monitor - Core goods inflation firms as services cool

Global core inflation remains stubbornly stuck at approximately 2.7% year-on-year, signaling a transition where the initial disinflationary impulse from lower energy prices is losing momentum. A notable rotation is underway as services inflation moderates, largely due to fading wage pressures, while core goods inflatio...