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Economía

El marco de la oferta acodada ayuda a explicar por qué la inflación de Estados Unidos aumentó tan repentinamente poco después de que comenzara la pandemia y por qué es probable que la economía experimente una desinflación benigna en los próximos seis meses.

Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports are sending a warning about global demand. They declined by 5.6% y/y in October, marking the first annual contraction since November 2020. In particular, non-oil exports to China, the EU, and Emerging Markets are…
Although the Canadian dollar has been underperforming its G10 peers since the greenback’s September 27 peak, it has held up relatively well on a year-to-date basis. Going forward, both the outlook for BoC policy vis-à-vis the Fed, as well as oil price…
US Retail sales increased by a higher-than-expected 1.3% m/m in October, marking the highest monthly increase since January. Gasoline station sales were by far the largest contributor, though the control group (excluding gasoline stations, food services, auto…
Price pressures remain intense in the UK. Headline CPI inflation jumped from 10.1% y/y to a 41-year high of 11.1% in October – surpassing expectations of a milder acceleration to 10.7%. Similarly, the month-on-month rate surged from 0.5% to 2.0%. Meanwhile,…
US industrial production contracted by 0.1% m/m in October, following a downwardly revised 0.1% m/m increase. Notably, manufacturing output inched up by only 0.1% m/m and the previous three months of expansion have all been revised significantly lower.…
The Reserve Bank of Australia is among the global central banks that are leading the dovish shift in the monetary tightening cycle. Specifically, elevated private sector debt raises the economy’s sensitivity to higher interest rates, ultimately limiting the…
BCA Research’s China Investment Strategy service concludes that although Chinese equity valuations are cheap, the breakdown in share prices below their long-term technical supports merits a vigilant stance. One of the signposts the team is monitoring to gauge…

The messages from the deteriorating fundamental backdrop (tight monetary policy, slowing global growth) and improved credit valuation (elevated 12-month breakeven spreads) are giving conflicting signals on corporate bond strategy. We are putting more weight on the fundamentals and are staying with an overall underweight stance on global investment grade corporates, with a slight bias towards Europe given more attractive spread valuations. At the same time, we see selective opportunities in sectors where risk-adjusted spreads are wide as signaled by our individual country sector valuation models, like US Energy and euro area Financials.

The conditions for a sustainable rally in Chinese stocks have not been met. In this report we discuss the four signposts which we will closely monitor to gauge when it will be warranted to upgrade our stance on Chinese equities both in absolute terms and relative to the global stock benchmark.