Economic Outlook: Key Messages
Our previous blackout scenario has now become the baseline scenario: lower growth/higher inflation compared to last forecasts (June) → demand-driven recession after a supply-driven one: global growth back in negative territory in Q4 (-0.1% q/q), followed by shallow recovery (1.5% y/y) in 2023.
Inflation will remain high until Q1 2023 when gas prices are expected to peak, with food and services adding upside pressure. Global inflation to reach 5.3% in 2023 (after close to 8% in 2022)。
Further monetary tightening before major central banks switch to aggregate demand support with several policy rate cuts after mid-2023.
Key political events will bring further volatility and higher geopolitical tensions, notably between US and China –to escalate further providing additional tailwind fuel to current decoupling tendencies.