The Weekly Macro Outlook

Key events this week – Central bank meetings; FOMC, BoE, ECB, and SNB, US CPI & retail sales, Aus labour market survey, S&P prelim PMIs Dec Recap from last week Robust US labor market conditions amid easing inflation are continuing to support households while...

Key events this week – US non-farm payrolls, RBA & BoC meetings, GDP Q3; Aus, Japan and the Euro Area Recap from last week Progress on slowing US and Euro Area inflation has reignited optimism for a policy shift with markets pricing a larger number of rate cuts in...

Key events this week – Inflation; US PCE Inflation, Euro Area CPI, and Aus CPI, RBNZ policy decision, US Fed-speak including Fed Chair Powell Outlook for the week ahead Progress on inflation will be a key theme in the week ahead. US PCE inflation for Oct will be...

Key events this week – US Thanksgiving Holiday, Minutes; FOMC, RBA, & ECB, Inflation; Japan & Canada, S&P Prelim PMIs Nov Recap from last week After a relatively big week of US data, the latest Atlanta Fed GDP Nowcast showed the US Q4 growth estimate...

Key events this week – US CPI & retail sales, Aus labor market & wage price index, inflation; UK, Euro area, central bank speeches Recap from last week Despite a light data week, there were several important points around some key themes. Central banks have...

Key events this week – RBA monetary policy decision, US Fed-speak including Fed Chair Powell, UK GDP Q3 Recap from last week Central bank decisions and important data overtook heightened geopolitical concerns last week. As expected, the FOMC kept policy settings...

Key events this week – FOMC, BoJ, and BoE monetary policy decisions, US non-farm payrolls & ISM surveys Recap from last week The prelim release of US Q3 GDP did not disappoint last week. Real GDP growth in Q3 was higher than expected at +4.9% (annualized basis)....

Key events this week – US PCE inflation & Q3 GDP, Fed speeches, ECB & BoC monetary policy meetings, Aus CPI, Prelim PMIs Oct Recap from last week Fed speeches last week acknowledged that US economic activity had picked up through Q3 – including spending and...

Key events this week – US Fed Chair Powell speech, US retail sales, CPI reports; UK, Canada, NZ, Japan, and the Euro Area Recap from last week US annual headline CPI inflation came in only slightly higher than expected at +3.7% while core inflation was in line with...

Key events this week – US CPI, FOMC Minutes, Fed Speak Recap from last week For the moment, robust US labor market conditions continue to support growth resilience. Through the tightening cycle so far, indicators of heightened labor demand across non-farm payrolls,...