Weekly Economic Perspectives

中文标题

每周经济展望

State Street10/12/2026updated 10/17/2026

Multiple economies

Citable research brief

Core conclusion · Tlines extraction

State Street expects the Bank of Canada to hold in October after September employment fell 68k and unemployment rose to 6.5%, and favors a March BoJ hike over December or January. US services ISM stayed solid at 54.9 while consumer sentiment fell to 46.3 near record lows; the August trade deficit widened to $105.6 billion on AI-related imports. Japan's BoJ consumption index fell for a third month even as nominal cash earnings rose 3.8% y/y.

Institution: State Street
Published: 10/12/2026
Research topic: Fed Policy
Time horizon: 2025

Fed Policy · FED

Key arguments

Consecutive Canadian job losses, rising unemployment and contained wage growth argue against a near-term BoC hike; markets remain too hawkish.
Japan's wage-price cycle is visible on incomes but not on spending: the BoJ CAI fell 0.8% m/m in August, a third straight decline, corroborating weakness in the FIES survey.
A slower BoJ normalization risks further yen weakness, keeping imported inflation elevated and squeezing household purchasing power; hiking into soft consumption risks suppressing income-to-spending transmission.
US growth remains resilient on services and AI-driven imports, but sentiment is depressed by elevated inflation and modest wage gains.

Key numbers

US ISM non-manufacturing index (September): 54.9
US University of Michigan consumer sentiment (October, preliminary): 46.3
US trade balance (August): -$105.6 billion
Canada employment change (September): -68k
Japan nominal cash earnings (August, y/y): 3.8%

Main risks

US services price pressures intensified, with the ISM price metric at 74.0, the highest since July 2022.
Japan saw 9,940 food and beverage items raise prices in Q3, keeping households defensive despite higher incomes.
The BoJ could hike in December or January rather than March given strong wages; tightening into broad consumption weakness is the key risk.

Corresponding source evidence

04 Japan: Continued Divergence Consumption continues to soften despite stronger wages, reinforcing our view that the BoJ should remain cautious on the timing of its next rate hike.
UK: Services PMI (Sep, final) 52.1 Better than expected.
Partly offsetting this were comments from Governor Waller suggesting he expects the Fed to hike twice more.

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