Weak employment will push out the timing of rate hikes to something closer to BCA's view of a September increase. It is also supportive of our asset allocation call two weeks ago to overweight Treasuries.
China has fallen into the same "fiscal trap" that ensnarled Japan in the 1990s. Unprofitable investment projects undertaken by SOEs are a necessary evil. The underlying problem is not overinvestment, but an economy that is demand-…
The reflation rally continues. Despite our bearish outlook for the year, we think the risks of the current rally lie to the upside given China's redoubling of stimulus at the expense of reform. Populist troubles are picking up in…
Policy easing works with a time lag, and the previous easing measures should continue to feed through to business activity. The recent decline in the trade-weighted RMB should lead to continued improvement in the industrial sector's…
The near-term (next month or two) market dynamics in EM risk assets remain a coin toss. Beyond that the outlook for EM risk assets remains downbeat. EM financial markets are complacent and there are many potential negative EM/China…
Japan is in a liquidity trap: bad economic news is good for the yen while good economic news is bad for the yen. Chinese reflation could help risk assets in the months ahead, but poor EM fundamentals will reassert themselves later…