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EU member states are expected to embark on national campaigns to reduce gas consumption in the household and commercial sectors, to mitigate the impact on the industry. European gas demand curtailment would have major adverse impacts on the industrial sector, particularly the refining...

US companies see strong food grocery sales as consumers focus on essentials. Food manufacturers report smaller gross margins as rising input and operating costs outpace sales growth and price increases. Consumer food price inflation ticked higher in June, reaching 10.4% in the US ...

Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize. Despite slowing activity, global inflation has been revised up, in part due to rising food and energy prices. As advanced economies raise interest rates to fight inflation, financial ...

Ever-lower interest rates are driving greater appetite for risk assets. In the case of eurozone sovereign spreads, this tightening has also come on the back of hopes for a less-fraught Italian election. We have sympathy with these assumptions, but they are both just that - assumpt...

The market has abandoned any thought of a 75 bp move and finished last week with a nearly 75% chance of a 50 bp hike. Much of the recent string of economic data has been reported below expectations. Part of the dollar's resilience may reflect the judgment that when everything is s...

Is a Fed neutral interest rate enough to pause further hikes? How is Europe coping with its natural gas shortage? China lifts tech restrictions and supports property developers. On this week's Market Week in Review episode, Research Analyst Emily Zhao interviews Investme...

Last week was action-packed and it’s not likely to ease up with attention now shifting from the Fed and the “technical recession” in the US to the labour market. Various officials have highlighted the strength of the labour market when explaining why the US isn&#x...

High inflation and low unemployment will push up wage growth in 2022 and 2023. At the same time, labour productivity growth is expected to come down significantly. This makes it plausible that unit labour costs will rise by more than 2%. That would be a threat to price stability, ...

While Europe cut demand for gas by 15%, Russia also lowered flows through Nord Stream 1. Gas prices are now skyrocketing. Both decisions will result in falling demand for gas. The energy crisis will lead Europe into recession - the question is just how bad will it be? Eu...

Signs of slowing economic growth abound, but they only seem to affect EUR rates. USD rates are more circumspect heading into today’s FOMC meeting, where a 75bp hike is probable. A 75bp hike today, and the 5yr should richen further to the curve. By Padhraic Gar...