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Bearish Divergence?
Typically it’s a warning sign for future economic growth and equity performance when: 1) US Household Survey Employment is...

Jonathan Wilmot
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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Balancing Act
Nonfarm payrolls grew by 275k, (but after taking into account downward revisions for December and January, it was 108k)
Alex Haseldine
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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European Goods Demand: Missing in Action
Euro area goods demand should be resurgent...after a prolonged period of weakness, euro area retail sales should be recovering...they aren't

Jonathan Wilmot
Mar 7, 20243 min read
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The Other Target
In August 2020, the Fed officially adopted the 'Average Inflation Target'. Here's an update on the Price Level Target...
Alex Haseldine
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Should They or Shouldn't They?
Looking at core inflation less shelter, you could say that we have reached a growth rate that is consistent with the Fed's target of 2%....
Alex Haseldine
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
A quick update of World Wealth and the US Real Equity Return Cycle.

Jonathan Wilmot
Feb 29, 20244 min read
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What a Difference an AI Makes
Nvidia latest earnings report had more market impact than all of last week's busy macro calendar put together...

Jonathan Wilmot
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Productivity and Other Puzzles
Productivity made a strong comeback in 2023 and the future looks bright…..

Jonathan Wilmot
Feb 15, 20240 min read
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Bound to be Behind
Central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic have a consistent message: monetary policy is already restrictive, inflation is normalising...

Jonathan Wilmot
Feb 2, 20240 min read
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China's Green Leap Forward
China is on the cusp of its green transition...

Jonathan Wilmot
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Why are we waiting?
For most intents and purposes inflation is now running close to 2% per annum, or even slightly below...
Alex Haseldine
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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Going Nowhere Fast
Global industrial production has been going nowhere fast for the last 15 months. Based on the latest available data we don’t expect...

Jonathan Wilmot
Jan 19, 20240 min read
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Small Bust, Big Bubble?
At this time last year, economists and business leaders were still unusually gloomy – and unusually wrong. Even though global equity...

Jonathan Wilmot
Dec 21, 20230 min read
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Holding Steady
The flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data for December indicates that output price pressures have stabilised within the 'normal'...
Alex Haseldine
Dec 15, 20231 min read
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US Labour Market: Almost Back to Normal
Friday's US employment report showed that the rate of private payroll gains ticked up slightly, but at 1.3% the annualised rate in...
Alex Haseldine
Dec 11, 20232 min read
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Fire and Ice
Over the past year global industrial production has been remarkably flat: no boom, no bust. Looking just at China and the US, the facts...
Alex Haseldine
Dec 6, 20231 min read
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Fours Reasons To Be Thankful
And two to be cautious. Reasons to be cheerful... Rate Shift: over the past 4-6 weeks markets have shifted rapidly towards the idea that...
Alex Haseldine
Dec 5, 20235 min read
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Homes Alone..and a bit of car insurance
The October US CPI was a relief to markets. Global bonds and stocks extended their rally which began just before the last FOMC meeting 2...
Alex Haseldine
Nov 15, 20232 min read
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The Missing Word
Chairman Powell’s FOMC press conference last Wednesday lit a touch paper to bond and stock prices globally.

Jonathan Wilmot
Nov 5, 20230 min read
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Not Confident
The Fed isn’t yet confident that it has done enough to return inflation to target, but equally not confident that it hasn’t done enough....
Alex Haseldine
Nov 3, 20231 min read
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