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Headline inflation eased further in the US in April, while May data for the Euro Area showed price pressures eased after having picked up in April. That said, core inflation remains sticky overall. In contrast, inflation slowed markedly in China.

Inflation pressures ease further, albeit with still-high persistance particularly in Euro Area. The relief in supply chain disruptions continues.

The recent financial turmoil in the US and Swiss banking system has exacerbated the already complex monetary policy and inflation outlook, following several years of economic shocks. The central banks have reacted well by separating anti-inflat…

Headline inflationary pressures have tended to ease, except in certain Latam countries, but core inflation is stickier. Supply disruptions have diminished in the US but not yet normalised to pre-pandemic levels in the Euro Area.

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December data points to further easing of inflationary pressures in the US and the Euro Area. Bottleneck indicators suggests that supply pressures moderated further in the US and declined marginally in Europe

October data points to continued moderation in both headline and core inflation in the United States, while Europe sees no respite. Meanwhile, supply bottlenecks continue to ease, more meaningfully for the US as compared to the Euro Area

Today, as recession looms and inflation rears its head, we are likely to see a return to a somewhat gloomy housing market, even if house prices do not actually fall. But how hard will the adjustment be this time around?

Headline inflation in the US appears to have peaked in June but hit a new high in the Euro Area last month. Core inflation continued to reach new highs. The spread of high inflation to a larger range of goods has stabilized, although it still a…

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Private consumption is mainly responsible for the slowdown in economic growth. The loss of consumer purchasing power, the rise in the cost of financing, the upturn in uncertainty and supply restrictions are conditioning the recovery in househol…

GDP growth in Spain is maintained at 4.1% in 2022 and revised downwards for 2023 (1.8%). The main reason is the scarcity of some raw materials and the impact of their higher prices on inflation.

The aggressive monetary tightening, together with the likely fading of current supply shocks, will possibly manage to reduce inflation in the medium term, avoiding more negative macroeconomic scenarios. However, it will lead to a slowdown in demand and episodes of recession in the US and Eurozone.

The Spanish economy has been in turmoil for a couple of years now. Despite this, investment has already recovered to the levels of the 4Q2019 and even the purchase of machinery and equipment is 17% more than that observed more than two years ago.