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We maintain our view that China’s economic growth in the coming months will remain lackluster. Beijing's recent measures to provide additional financing may help to bridge the gap in government spending in the rest of 2023 and into 2024, but the impact on growth will be very limited.
What will the next manufacturing cycle look like in Europe and how will risk assets perform? Lessons from the recent past.
Section II of this month’s Bank Credit Analyst report is a guest piece written by Martin Barnes, which we are making available to all clients. Martin, who retired from BCA Research as Chief Economist in 2021 after a long and illustrious career, expresses his personal views about the long-run outlook for inflation. He argues that the multi-decade disinflationary era is over, which will bring significant challenges for both policymakers and investors.
In a guest authorship of Section I, Doug Peta presents a synthesis of the recent views expressed in our US Investment Strategy and Bank Credit Analyst reports. Doug underscores that excess savings are unlikely to support US consumer spending beyond the middle of next year, which argues for conservative investment positioning on a 6-12 month time horizon. Additionally, this month’s Section II is a guest piece written by Martin Barnes, who retired from BCA Research as Chief Economist in 2021 after a long and illustrious career. Martin expresses his personal views about the long-run outlook for inflation and argues that the multi-decade disinflationary era is over – which will bring significant challenges for both policymakers and investors.
Section II of this month’s Bank Credit Analyst report is a guest piece written by Martin Barnes, which we are making available to all clients. Martin, who retired from BCA Research as Chief Economist in 2021 after a long and illustrious career, expresses his personal views about the long-run outlook for inflation. He argues that the multi-decade disinflationary era is over, which will bring significant challenges for both policymakers and investors.
