GLOBAL ECONOMICS
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Olivier Gervais Director, Modelling and Forecasting Scotiabank Economics 416.288.7836 olivier.gervais@scotiabank.com
Patrick Perrier Director of Forecasting Scotiabank Economics 416.866.4733 patrick.perrier@scotiabank.com
Farah Omran Senior Economist Scotiabank Economics 416.866.4315 farah.omran@scotiabank.com
Scotiabank Forecast: Inflation Pressures to Keep Central
Banks Cautious
- Our outlook is broadly unchanged from the June forecast, and incoming data have strengthened our confidence in the underlying narrative.
- Canada: Recent data have evolved broadly in line with our expectations and continue to support the view that the economy is moving out of the soft patch seen at the start of the year. Despite the volatile situation in the Middle East, oil prices are lower than in our previous forecast, weighing modestly on the near -term outlook, particularly through business investment and total CPI inflation. However, the weaker Canadian dollar broadly offsets that drag by providing support to exports.
- United States: The story is similar, near -term activity looks slightly stronger than previously expected, partly reflecting weaker import growth. Inflation has continued to surprise to the upside in both headline and core measures, reinforcing the case for caution from the Fed.
我们的展望与6月份的预测基本一致,反映了自上次更新以来一系列相互抵消的事态发展。金融市场持续波动,油价下跌,加元走弱。与此同时,新公布的加拿大数据在很大程度上印证了我们在6月份报告中概述的动态,表明经济正开始摆脱近期的疲软阶段。我们认为通胀风险仍然偏高,这应会使加拿大央行保持谨慎,并最终引导政策利率在今年年底前后开始逐步正常化(图表1)。在美国,尽管家庭需求预计将放缓,但经济活动继续表现出韧性,招聘势头温和,实际工资增长停滞。与此同时,通胀的持续性超过预期,促使美联储对潜在的利率变动采取谨慎态度。
油价在6月份大幅下跌,随后地缘政治紧张局势在7月份再次推高油价。即使在反弹之后,油价仍远低于我们6月份预测中所隐含的假设,对近期前景构成适度拖累。鉴于地缘政治背景,现货价格在短期内可能仍将波动。然而,我们仍预计油价将在2027,年稳定在US$70左右,与之前的预测基本一致(图表2)。该水平仍高于战前价格,反映了残余的地缘政治风险溢价。
图表1 图表2
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资料来源:丰业银行经济部,加拿大央行,美联储。% 美联储和加拿大央行处于不同政策轨道 预测
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Sources: Scotiabank Economics, Bloomberg. WTI Prices Fell, but Remain Above Pre-War Levels