US Economics Weekly Fed alert to rising price pressures The hawkish tone of the Fed’s late-April minutes shows it would be ready to demonstrate its inflation-fighting credentials if it felt compelled to do so. We judge this would require a broadening in... 22nd May 2026 · 5 mins read
Capital Daily Growth jitters bring some relief to bond markets Long-term government bond yields have fallen by more over recent days than the recent relationship with oil prices would suggest. This may be a sign that investors are starting to worry about the... 22nd May 2026 · 4 mins read
Canada Economics Weekly Soft demand helping to keep inflation in check Data released this week suggest the hit to consumer demand from higher energy prices is helping to offset some of the direct inflationary impact on firms’ costs. This reduces the risk of second-round... 22nd May 2026 · 5 mins read
Canada Rapid Response Canada Retail Sales (Mar. 2026) The 0.7% m/m fall in retail sales volumes in March was not as large as feared amid mixed signs that the surge in gasoline prices weighed on discretionary spending. Regardless, the advance sales values... 22nd May 2026 · 2 mins read
US Economics Update How concerning is the jump in PPI inflation? The acceleration in producer price (PPI) inflation so far this year has been narrower than was the case during the initial stages of the post-pandemic surge, which limits the risk of consumer price... 21st May 2026 · 3 mins read
Equities Focus Will AI earnings keep fuelling gains in the S&P 500? Any unravelling of the AI-related boom in earnings would upend the S&P 500. But even though there are reasons why that could conceivably happen, our base case is that the boom won’t turn to bust this... 21st May 2026 · 15 mins read
US Housing Market Rapid Response US Housing Starts (Apr. 2026) The small fall in housing starts in April masks a weaker underlying picture, with a surge in volatile multi-family starts offsetting a material weakening in single-family groundbreaking, albeit from a... 21st May 2026 · 1 min read
Capital Daily Are equities a bigger threat to bonds than the other way around? While much has been made of the potential threat to equities from soaring bond yields, recent developments suggest there’s a case that the equity rally, or at least the associated investment boom, is... 21st May 2026 · 4 mins read
US Rapid Response US Fed Minutes (Apr 28-29) The minutes from the Fed’s late April meeting were even more hawkish than expected based on the initial post meeting communications, which had been largely unchanged despite some dissents. The most... 20th May 2026 · 2 mins read
Capital Daily Forget the S&P’s 500 valuation, its earnings are flashing red One consequence of the US stock market’s resilience to the recent sell-off in Treasuries has been a decline in the US equity risk premium (ERP). Nonetheless, the US stock market’s relative valuation... 20th May 2026 · 4 mins read
US Chart Pack US Chart Pack (May 2026) If energy prices gradually ease in the second half of this year, as in our baseline, GDP growth should average 2.1% this year and pick up to 2.3% next year. Higher gasoline prices will weigh on... 20th May 2026 · 1 min read
Capital Daily What would it take to trigger the “Trump put”? With the pain in global government bond markets intensifying over recent days and equity markets starting to wobble too, the so-called “Trump put” may soon come into play again. But, judging by the... 19th May 2026 · 5 mins read
Global Commercial Property Update Care home demand to boom in Asia and North America The long-term demographic drivers of care home demand are well-rehearsed, but there is likely to be a degree of offset from factors that will keep more seniors living at home for longer. Nevertheless... 19th May 2026 · 6 mins read
Canada Rapid Response Canada Consumer Prices (Apr 2026) The muted pace of core price growth in April likely reflects the softness of the labour market and consumer demand. That, in turn, reduces the pressure on the Bank of Canada to follow through with the... 19th May 2026 · 3 mins read
US Commercial Property Update Q1 RICS survey implies Iran war will increase US cap rates The latest RICS survey showed that the Iran war has dampened both occupier and investor sentiment, with the latter seeing a larger fall. Rental expectations held up though, which implies the fall in... 18th May 2026 · 3 mins read
Capital Daily Strait worries grow; bad news still bad news for bonds Although bonds have sometimes rallied after severe oil price shocks, we suspect that’s not on the cards just yet. Meanwhile, flattening yield curves at the “ultra-long” end suggest, among other things... 18th May 2026 · 6 mins read
