Cooling Inflation, Diverging Growth

08/01/2026 11 min Episodio 132
Cooling Inflation, Diverging Growth

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Episode Synopsis

Over the past few weeks, global financial markets have taken comfort from cooling inflation, resilient earnings and continued upside surprises in the dataflow. More recently, however, geopolitical developments have injected a note of caution, even as the macro backdrop remains broadly supportive. In our charts this week we focus on:

Global growth conditions
Supply chain pressures and inflation
Interest rate expectations
Venezuela and oil
China's excess capacity
Public sector intebtedness