Listen "Goldilocks, or not?"
Episode Synopsis
Financial markets have continued to gravitate toward the ‘Goldilocks’ scenario where economic growth is neither “too hot” nor “too cold” and where inflation gradually moderates to more target-friendly levels. But while that view may have appeared overly optimistic a few weeks ago, much of the incoming data more recently appears to support this narrative. In our charts this week we focus on:
· Upbeat GDP data for Q2
· The messaging from August’s sentix surveys
· Ebbing US unit labour cost pressures
· Target-friendly inflation outcomes
· Inflation expectations and oil prices
· China’s soggy imports and PPI deflation
· Upbeat GDP data for Q2
· The messaging from August’s sentix surveys
· Ebbing US unit labour cost pressures
· Target-friendly inflation outcomes
· Inflation expectations and oil prices
· China’s soggy imports and PPI deflation
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