MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH Global Economics Team Coordinators of this publication Joachim Fels [email protected] +44 (0)20 7425 6138 Manoj Pradhan [email protected] October 22, 2014 Global +44 (0)20 7425 3805 Patryk Drozdzik The Global Macro Analyst [email protected] +44 (0)20 7425 7483 Sung Woen Kang Trading Deflation [email protected] +44 (0)20 7425 8995 Earlier this year, we argued that the global export of deflation was on the cards – A change in the US dollar regime enables that surge in the global trade of deflation. An uneasy truce is the result Not everyone is comfortable with a strengthening dollar. For some, it will deliver the currency depreciation that they have been trying to engineer with limited success for a while now. For others, it won’t be quite as benign. And whether the rising dollar is accompanied by rising or stable US interest rates will matter for everyone. In today’s note, we ask: (1) What is the genesis of the deflationary risk that the global economy faces? (2) Who among the euro area, Japan, China, EM and the US itself will like or will struggle with US dollar appreciation? (3) Could a strengthening US dollar support or curtail the long economic expansion we have been flagging? Could the Fed stand in the way of this story? A rising dollar is likely an endogenous reflection of a US economy that is better in both absolute and relative terms. However, the late, aggressive rise in the dollar that elicited concerns from the Fed is likely to have been perceived as an unwelcome deviation from a more acceptable steady trend, and hence an exogenous shock. Like last summer’s rapid climb in the US 10-year yield postponed tapering but did not elicit an effort to push yields lower, the US dollar’s ascent may draw further comment in the future only when deemed excessive. Philipp Erfurth [email protected] +44 (0)20 7677 0528 Global Economics Forecasts Real GDP (%) 2014E 2015E 2016E Global Economy G10 Emerging Markets 3.1 1.6 4.4 3.5 2.1 4.9 3.8 2.0 5.4 CPI inflation (%) 2014E 2015E 2016E 3.4 1.7 5.1 3.4 1.7 5.0 Source: Morgan Stanley Research forecasts Global Macro Watch UK: Sectoral Productivity – Even Less for MPC to Worry about on Inflation ................................................. p 8 Greece: In for the Long Haul ......................................... p 8 EM: When Oil Meets an Out-of-Sync EM Cycle ............ p 9 Russia: Oil Risk Returns ............................................... p 9 Central Europe: No Help Against ‘Lowflation’ from FX p 10 South Africa: FX to Push SARB to Hike in Nov? ....... p 10 China: Underlying Growth Weakness Warrants Continued Easing......................................................... p 11 India: Analysing Impact of Diesel Deregulation and Hike in Gas Prices ....................................................... p 11 Korea: Déjà vu of 2004 Rate Cuts? ............................ p 12 Mexico: No Oil, No Trouble ......................................... p 12 Spotlight: US: Those Were the Weeks that Were In most financial markets, the past few weeks were like hurtling along a double-black-diamond downhill rather than a roller coaster. That is, we wound up not where we started, but at a much lower place. It seems best to step back and put a few issues in perspective. p5 The Morgan Stanley Global Economics View p6 3.4 2.0 4.8 For important disclosures, refer to the Disclosures Section, located at the end of this report. MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Trading Deflation Manoj Pradhan (44 20) 7425 3805 Joachim Fels (44 20) 7425 6138 Earlier this year, we argued that a surge in the global export of deflation was on the cards (see The Global Macro Analyst: A Surge in the Global Export of...Deflation, May 14, 2014). The world economy faces deflationary or disinflationary risks related to global excess savings. Having had limited success in generating domestic growth to reflate their economies in recent years, policy-makers in many countries have been more than happy to let currency depreciation help them. It was a good plan, and created some worries about a spurt of competitive devaluations and ‘beggar-thy-neighbour’ policies, but didn't have any teeth. Why? Because currencies are relative prices - not all currencies can depreciate at the same time, particularly not when the biggest central banks in the world are all trying to do the same thing at the same time. That was then. Fast-forward to today, and things are different... thanks to a new regime for the US dollar as the US economy has been gradually strengthening. We continue to believe in the likelihood of a steady appreciation of the USD to a new equilibrium that our FX strategy team has been flagging (see FX Pulse: In USD We Trust, August 7, 2014). An appreciating USD can soak up some of the deflationary pressure from other parts of the world, thanks in no small part to the relatively strong US economy that will likely remain in a position to absorb this pressure. Few others, if any, are. In today’s note, we ask three questions: 1. The genesis: What’s driving global and local deflationary risks? 2. An uneasy truce: Will everyone appreciate USD appreciation? We discuss the euro area, Japan, China, EM and the US itself. 3. A longer cycle: Does a strong USD counter or support our arguments for a longer cycle? The Genesis of Global Deflationary Risks There is a global and local dimension to the disinflationary trend. As we see it, the origin of global deflationary pressures is an excess of desired savings over desired investment. In the advanced economies, many households want to save more for old age given rising life expectancy and doubts about public pension systems’ ability to cope with it. Meanwhile, many EM economies (China et al.) aim at growth through running current account surpluses, which mean domestic savings exceed domestic investment. And those EM countries running current account deficits have been actively trying to reduce them following last year’s taper tantrum, which means they have been absorbing less global savings. While desired savings have increased, desired investment has been falling around the world as governments in developed countries have cut public investment spending and companies have held back on capital expenditures. As a consequence, the natural or equilibrium real interest rate that would equate savings and investment ex-post at high employment is very low and perhaps even negative. And as nominal interest rates cannot fall below zero and inflation is low, the market real rate is higher than the equilibrium real rate, which depresses demand and exerts downward pressure on prices. To boot, there has been an upward momentum to global real rates, thanks mostly to an improving US economy, which adds to deflationary pressures. The negative impact of such a trend (akin to an ‘income effect’) could then be offset somewhat by USD appreciation. The latter transfers some of the deflationary pressures set upon the rest of the world by the former back to the US (mimicking a ‘substitution effect’). There are local reasons too, for deflationary risks outside the US We have addressed these for the euro area (bank deleveraging), Japan (the legacy of two lost decades), China (excess capacity in old China) and EM more generally in our previous note. We direct interested readers to that note and restrict our comments to simply saying that the reforms that are needed to reverse such local risks have simply not shown up in most places. Where they have, in the Reform Club of Japan, China, Mexico and now India (see The Next India: Will India Stumble Like the Rest of the 'Reform Club'?, October 6, 2014), the transition to higher and/or better trend growth is still a work-in-progress. As a consequence, the local drive towards reflation is itself not yet in train. An Uneasy Truce – Who Will Appreciate USD Appreciation? If the USD is to reflect an improving US economy, chances are that interest rates could rise too. If so, then assessing how comfortable economies are with the package of a rising USD and rising US rates is probably a better strategy – that’s the one we use today. We hasten to add that rising interest rates need not go hand-in-glove with the currency. If investment 2 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst flows into the US are strengthening the dollar, then they could help keep downward pressure on interest rates (see US Economics: What Has Changed? October 17, 2014). A deflationary world will accept those lower rates willingly and only have to deal with a rising dollar, but this is a less interesting combination to analyze. The euro area, Japan and stable/mature EMs will benefit from a stronger dollar, and the euro area and Japan will have relatively better control over domestic interest rates. Policymakers in the euro-area and Japan will very likely welcome a stronger USD. Fed up (excuse the pun) with importing deflation for so many years and unable to reverse deflation through stronger growth at home, at least part of the monetary easing of the last two years could have been about trying to export it somewhere else. The rising USD has given them a reasonably willing accomplice. Dealing with rising US interest rates, on the other hand, will be more of a challenge. Since they have the ability to financially repress investors, however, policy-makers in both economies will have some control over domestic interest rates. That will likely mean that domestic interest rates in these economies will have a lower beta with respect to US interest rates. As a result, the package of a stronger dollar and rising US interest rates is likely to be an overall ‘win’ for the euro area and Japan. China won’t like a stronger USD, but could be more sanguine on the interest rate front. Being pegged to the USD for all practical purposes, China too would be importing deflation from the rest of the world. With PPI deflation already in place for over 30 months, that won’t be something policymakers will like. Does that mean Renminbi depreciation is now likely? While the risk has almost certainly risen, a sizeable depreciation against the US dollar may not materialize. A depreciating Renminbi would have political implications, would put pressure on consumption growth and could leave the carrytrade into China at risk, the sudden reversal of which could have an adverse effect on domestic financial stability. At the same time, given China’s US dollar funding requirements are now not small enough to be ignored, a large Renminbi depreciation could raise the cost of funding for corporates at a time when it is already stubbornly high. When it comes to spillovers from rising US interest rates, however, China’s policy-makers (like their counterparts in the euro area and Japan) have the ability to financially repress investors which gives them a good degree of control over domestic interest rates. Policy-makers in the most externally exposed EMs (Brazil, Turkey and S. Africa and to a lesser extent Indonesia) will dislike both trends Weaker EM currencies will help with competitiveness, and therefore support exports and domestic growth. But this gross effect could well be overcome by an opposing set of effects. A much stronger US dollar reduces the incentives for cross-border investment at best and risks a disorderly depreciation of the currencies of exposed EM economies at worst. A higher risk-premium and a rise in funding costs thanks to more expensive US dollar funding would work against the benefits of a weaker currency on growth. As US interest rates rise, policy-makers in the most exposed EM economies will face pressure to raise domestic rates because their external vulnerability has not adjusted enough to assuage investors (see Emerging Issues: Is EM Better Prepared for the Fed than It Was Last Summer?, September 15, 2014) What about the US itself? If both the US dollar and rising interest rates are endogenous, i.e., they accurately reflect improving prospects for the US economy, there will be no direct negative feedback to US economic growth. There could, however, be feedback effects from the rest of the world. No economy will want to import too much deflation or growth weakness when it has spent the last five years trying to reverse both trends. But thanks to the success this it has had in generating growth and stabilizing inflation, the US economy may just be strong enough that a small dose of either or both need not haunt US economic growth. There are some benefits too. Importing some deflation will ensure that price and wage pressures do not force the Fed to hike earlier than it would like. In the words of our Chief US Economist Vincent Reinhart, US dollar appreciation “extends the length of the runway” that the Fed can taxi along before policy rates lift off. A Longer Global Expansion: Will a Stronger Dollar Help? If we are to see the longest global expansion on record, a sustained rise in the USD could actually be a necessary condition. Why? Three reasons: 1. Globalizing the solution Given the global and local roots of the deflationary problem, and the dearth of local-turnaround stories, a global rebalancing that provides some local relief to the world outside the US broadens the scope. 3 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst 2. Buys more time for economic models to be fixed or replaced by keeping monetary policy easy By extending the Fed's runway, and incentivizing the ECB and the BoJ to retain an easing bias against the risk of rising rates that could oftentimes accompany a rising USD, it extends the umbrella of monetary easing that much further. Whether more easing bears fruit or not depends on whether fundamental adjustments are made in the added time that the stronger dollar buys. That story will remain an idiosyncratic one. 3. It keeps the parts of the global economy out-of-sync with each other A collective build-up in growth over time usually results in a global overheating that can result in a global recession. By affecting different parts of the economy differently, the US dollar could keep different economies outof-sync with each other, thereby avoiding a ‘melt-up’ further down the line and prolonging the global economic expansion. 4 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Spotlight: US: Those Were the Weeks that Were Vincent Reinhart (1 212) 761 3537 For some of the economists and strategists at Morgan Stanley, the ground first shifted noticeably two weeks ago at our Macro Day conferences in Paris and Frankfurt. I am accustomed to clients pushing back on our long-standing and out-ofconsensus call that the Fed will put off the first rate hike until early 2016. I always push right back, explaining that a tepid cyclical pick-up in aggregate demand will be met by some extra aggregate supply, limiting pressure on costs and inflation in the near term. With the expectation of a drag on prices from the external sector and Fed officials showing the skittishness typical of central bankers about firing the first shot, the date of first tightening slips into 2016. But most clients wanted to understand why the Fed would ever tighten. Doubts surfaced about the durability of the German expansion and the ability of ECB President Draghi to deliver sufficient policy accommodation, suggesting that unwelcome further disinflation in the euro area was back in the picture. Concerns were expressed about whether the leadership of China and Japan would be able to navigate their difficult economic transitions. And all this was against the backdrop of mounting appreciation of the foreign exchange value of the dollar and a freefall in important commodity prices. For full disclosure, I may at the margin have added to this angst as one of the authors of the most recent Geneva Report on the World Economy, Deleveraging? What Deleveraging? The report highlights that, in aggregate, deleveraging remains a hope, not a reality. The global debt/GDP ratio is still rising. The paper served as a sour set-up to the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank. Washington was its usual echo chamber, this time of despair, as officials’ concerns – repeated in meeting after meeting – proved mutually reinforcing. More sizeable financial market moves followed. The recent financial market repricing leaves a more decisive imprint on the prices of goods and services. Dollar appreciation and declines in oil and other commodity prices impart a drag on domestic inflation. To a central banker, currency appreciation is a request from trading partners to share some of your domestic strength. The Fed is more willing to accept such a request when: i) There is domestic strength to share; and ii) Domestic policy is not seen as hemmed in by the zero lower bound forever. As opposed to a few years back, monetary policy-makers likely view domestic momentum as more self-sustaining, and an end to unconventional policy is in sight. As a result, they can treat currency appreciation as an unfavourable demand shift that merits keeping the funds rate lower for longer. That is, FX and commodity price movements lengthen the runway the Fed can use before it raises rates. However, a pilot that uses more of the runway must climb more sharply after take-off. So, we continue to think that the Fed starts at the beginning of 2016 and hikes by 25bp at each meeting thereafter for some time (see Fed Focus: The End of Gradualism, September 26, 2014). The main support to this call comes from what we learned about Fed officials’ tolerance for adverse shocks over the past few weeks. They don’t have much. They put a dovish spin on the minutes of the September meeting, expressing concerns about the dollar and foreign economies that were absent in real time in the statement and Janet Yellen’s press conference. Subsequent speakers stressed three talking points: i) The risks are asymmetric, in that the cost of tightening too soon and derailing the expansion is considerably higher than waiting too long and dealing with a pick-up in inflation; ii) The Fed’s 2%Y inflation goal is a goal, not a ceiling; and iii) Decisions are data-dependent and made meeting by meeting. Here lies the major disconnect in current market pricing, presumably evidence of the pessimism rampant among investors. If the Fed really is data-dependent, many people think that it may never get to its self-professed terminal funds rate of 3.75%, at least judging from futures prices. Apparently, the global economy does not now, nor will it ever have the vigour to withstand sustained tightening. This seems overdone, given our economic outlook. GDP growth is running at about a 3% annual pace this quarter, about where we track it for the prior quarter as well. At this point, the fraying at the edges of global markets feels like an elevated risk to the US outlook rather than a reason to mark it much lower, a sense that the FOMC presumably will convey in its next statement. After all, the direct drag is relatively modest, as we are a relatively closed economy. The more serious risk is to capital spending, the mechanism that has boosted us into the 3% growth range after having been stuck in a 2% rut for so long. It is hard to see why firms would add to the capital stock if our trading partners stumble and oil prices stay low. But if this is the adverse case, it is really not that adverse in that we would revert to a 2% growth channel under the watchful eye of an ever-accommodative Fed. For full details, see US Economics: What Has Changed? October 17, 2014. 5 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst The Morgan Stanley Global Economics View Our Core Global Views Lower but longer: Following a ‘breathtaking but bad’ 1H14, global growth is set to reaccelerate to a ‘boring but better’ 2H14, and is expected to maintain an average pace of around 3.5%Q SAAR during 2015. Although we shaved our growth forecasts slightly, our forecasts for 2016 and beyond suggest that the more muted, globally unsynchronised global expansion could turn into one of the longest on record. Two-speed DM, sluggish EM: In the DM world, we have cut our forecasts for the euro area and Japan, while keeping the US and UK essentially unchanged. Growth appears to have bottomed out in EM, but we expect it to remain sluggish by historical comparison. Even within the EM world, we expect an uneven growth momentum: we see decent reform-driven growth recovery in India and China growth to move broadly sideways, while we forecast ongoing stagnation in Brazil and an outright recession in Russia. With further upside risks to US rates and USD, we remain of the view that EM stands at risk. Should an EM shock materialise, DM may not be as resilient as it was in the late 1990s. Key Macro Risk Events October 26, 2014 Second-round Brazil presidential elections October 31, 2014 BoJ monetary policy meeting November 4, 2014 US midterm elections November 9, 2014 Possible referendum on Catalonia independence November 2014 Japan PM’s final decision of next consumption tax hike to 10% ‘Lowflation’ here to stay: In our base case, global ‘lowflation’ continues to rule. In DM economies, ample slack in goods and labour markets points to low producer price pressures and wage growth. In the EM universe, monetary tightening in deficit countries and excess capacity in ‘old’ sectors of China has also eased inflation pressures. The Japanification of the euro area is still a serious risk, but can still be avoided if policy-makers heed lessons from Japan’s past. Global liquidity alive and kicking: We expect major central banks to keep monetary policy accommodative as inflation remains below target, with additional action to come from the ECB and BoJ. Meanwhile, the easy money ‘peloton’ is likely to dictate the pace of the ‘brave hikers’ in DM, while it has also been quite persuasive in EM. Monetary tightening will not be a global trend in 2016, despite the Fed’s rate hikes. EM growth model broken – needs structural reform: EM economies face external and internal challenges that render the old, export-led model of growth dysfunctional. Weak DM consumers, onshoring of DM manufacturing and risks to external funding all work against EMs externally. EM Regional Themes Despite some near-term stabilisation, there is much more adjustment due in EM to progress recovery towards a more sustainable one and/or improve macro-stability. Asia ex-Japan: China needs more policy easing to support the mini cycle and to focus on pro-market reforms, economic rebalancing and deleveraging to improve the medium-term outlook, which might come at the expense of short-term performance. India is transitioning away from stagflation conditions, and the much-needed combination of higher real rates, a more friendly investment environment and structural reforms appears to be slowly coming together. Latin America: Growth continues to soften in Brazil and, while near-term unravelling is unlikely, we don’t expect a major policy shift necessary to fix ‘The Growth Mismatch’ before elections either. With better cyclical growth in Mexico, the passing of energyrelated legislation should help with structural tailwinds as well. CEEMEA: Russia needs to deal with a Dutch Disease problem and an overvalued REER and, while Turkey’s real rates have risen, its CAD remains exposed. South Africa’s CAD will likely involve a painful adjustment for the domestic economy. For our global forecasts, see Back-to-School Global Macro Outlook: Lower But Longer, September 7, 2014. For our cross-asset views, see Global Strategy Outlook: Investing in an Out-of-Sync World, September 7, 2014. 6 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Key Forecast Profile Global Economics Team Quarterly 2014 Annual 2015 2016 2014E 2015E 2016E Real GDP (%Q, SAAR) 1Q 2Q 3QE 4QE 1Q 2QE 3QE 4QE 1QE 2QE 3QE 4QE Global** 2.0 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.0 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.5 3.8 G10 0.4 1.5 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.4 1.3 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.6 2.1 2.0 US -2.1 4.2 3.1* 3.1 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.8 2.3 Euro Area 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.8 1.2 1.7 Japan 6.0 -7.1 2.8 0.7 1.6 1.4 3.7 -5.0 2.9 0.6 1.3 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 UK 3.3 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.5 3.1 2.7 2.5 EM (%Y) 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.4 4.9 5.4 China (%Y) 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.3 India (%Y) 4.6 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 5.3 6.3 6.8 Brazil (%Y) 1.9 -0.9 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.0 0.2 0.3 2.0 Russia (%Y) 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.8 -0.6 0.3 0.9 1.4 1.6 0.6 -0.5 1.1 Global 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 G10 1.7 1.8 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 1.2 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.7 2.0 US 1.4 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.1 Euro Area 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.4 Japan 1.3 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 0.9 1.1 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.8 1.5 2.7 1.9 2.5 UK 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.8 2.1 EM 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.8 China 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.6 1.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.1 2.2 2.9 India 8.4 8.1 7.7 6.5 7.6 7.4 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.1 7.7 6.8 6.0 Brazil 5.8 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 6.3 6.6 6.0 Russia 6.4 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.8 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.1 7.3 6.9 5.4 Global 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 G10 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 US 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.625 1.125 1.625 2.125 0.125 0.125 2.125 Euro Area 0.25 0.15 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 Japan 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 UK 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.75 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 0.50 1.25 2.00 EM 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.1 China 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Consumer price inflation (%Y) Monetary policy rate (% p.a.) India 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 8.00 7.75 7.75 Brazil 10.75 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.50 11.75 10.75 10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.00 10.25 10.00 Russia 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.25 8.00 7.75 7.50 7.25 7.00 8.50 8.00 7.00 Note: Global and regional aggregates are GDP-weighted averages, using PPPs. Japan policy rate is the interest rate on excess reserves; CPI numbers are period averages. *US GDP forecast for the current quarter is a tracking estimate. **G10+BRICs+Korea Source: Morgan Stanley Research forecasts 7 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Macro Watch Greece: In for the Long Haul Daniele Antonucci (44 20) 7425 8943 Uncertain near term, constructive medium term: We think that politics is unlikely to become less uncertain over the next 4-5 months. Yet the policy discussion around an earlier bailout ‘exit’ is likely to settle relatively soon, in our view, with a likely compromise having a good chance to come through, and the economy seems close to stabilisation. The Greek trigger… The recent bout of market volatility, according to some, appears to have started with concerns around Greece’s situation along three key aspects: 1) the uncertainty around the presidential election next February, and risks that this may trigger an early political election together with less market-friendly policy actions; 2) prospects of Greece leaving its bailout programme sooner than expected without a clear backstop and a way to close its funding gap; and 3) a weaker-than-envisaged recovery. …and debtflation fears: All this has been compounded by concerns around debt sustainability, especially given that Greece already is in deflation, and its economy keeps shrinking. Yet deflation has to do with Greece’s economic rebalancing and reforms. So, a downward adjustment in prices is not only expected, but also welcome as competitiveness is recovered and consumers and firms get some respite. Missing the point? Should deflation last for a long time, the concern is that the cost may well outweigh the benefit, i.e., as nominal incomes continue to shrink, the debt-deflation spiral becomes self-fulfilling. Yet the standard debt-sustainability framework appears rather inappropriate to look at Greece’s situation, in our view. This is because the ‘debt equitisation’ that’s happening in this specific case, as policy-makers continue to lengthen the maturities of the official loans and reduce interest rates, is the dominant force at play that keeps the debt trajectory on a downward trend even in case of sustained deflation. Thinking through the endgame: In fact, ‘debt equitisation’, of which we expect another round possibly in 1H15 as part of the negotiations with the European policy-makers, is such that the debt level too improves way beyond what appears when one simply looks at the debt/GDP ratios. This is the endgame, at least for quite some time: Greece’s official loans (not the GGBs traded in the market) are becoming more and more some sort of semi-perpetual debt. UK: Sectoral Productivity – Even Less for MPC to Worry about on Inflation Jonathan Ashworth (44 20) 7425 1820 Melanie Baker (44 20) 7425 8607 Charles Goodhart (44 20) 7425 1954 There no longer exists that much of a productivity puzzle: Productivity is now only modestly below its pre-crisis peak, while excluding the oil & gas sector it would be broadly at it. We continue to think it is unrealistic to compare productivity with a continuation of its pre-crisis trend, given how far GDP is below its own pre-crisis trend. However, productivity has been weaker than expected: The pick-up in aggregate productivity since the economic recovery began in 1Q13 has been somewhat weaker than we expected, though. This has raised concerns about future inflation and potential growth. However, we aren’t particularly worried: Apart from a few sectors, most sectors appear to have recovered broadly in line with what could be explained on cyclical grounds. Moreover, there have been strong productivity rebounds in sectors likely to be important for domestic inflationary pressures such as wholesale & retail trade. The major negative outlier has been the real estate sector, where measured productivity has collapsed since mid-2012: It has shaved over 0.2pp per quarter off whole economy productivity growth since 1Q13. Government services and financial & insurance have also been poor performers. These sectors share a couple of key characteristics. Output is traditionally notoriously difficult to measure, while the productivity performance of these sectors is unlikely to matter that much for inflation. Our analysis further supports the view that domestically generated inflation pressures are likely to remain very subdued for some time yet: This adds to the lack of urgency for a first MPC rate hike and should help to ensure that the eventual monetary policy tightening cycle can be very gradual. For full details, see The Gilt Edge, October 14, 2014. For full details, see Greece: In for the Long Haul, October 21, 2014. 8 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Macro Watch EM: When Oil Meets an Out-of-Sync EM Cycle Patryk Drozdzik (44 20) 7425 7483 Manoj Pradhan (44 20) 7425 3805 America’s shale energy, the China and EM slowdown, a relative containment of geopolitical risk – the list of fundamental reasons for a lower oil price is convincing enough. Whether this is enough to keep oil prices sustainably lower is a different question (see Global Oil Fundamentals: The Tide Is Turning, October 13, 2014). In this note, we opine on three aspects of the decline in oil prices that matter for EM if the oil price stays low long enough to make at least a cyclical impact on growth, inflation and monetary policy. Specifically, we ask: • Is the decline in oil prices an aggregate demand shock or an aggregate supply shock? The answer will be critical in figuring out the impact on growth, inflation and monetary policy. • Unconditionally, which economies stand to benefit the most, and which ones are most adversely affected when it comes to falling oil prices? • Most importantly, on a cyclical horizon, how will falling oil prices interact with EM economies that are at different points along the growth, inflation and monetary policy cycle? (see The Global Macro Analyst: EM – Out of Sync? February 12, 2014). We strive to make the point that the unconditional impact of lower oil prices can be quite different from the impact conditional on the position of an economy in its growth and inflation cycles. Economies nearer the bottom may see a more visible impact than ones where growth is already in a more secure phase. Similarly, economies where inflation is above the central bank’s target and at the peak of the cycle would appreciate lower oil prices, and particularly so if they face a positive supply impact rather than a negative demand impact. When Oil Meets the EM Growth Cycle Growth impact from a fall in oil prices Most positively impacted Most adversely affected More visible given early stage of growth cycle Less visible since recovery more advanced IND, THL, CHL RUS KOR, TWN, TUR COL, MEX Source: Morgan Stanley Research For full details, see Emerging Issues: When Oil Meets an Outof-Sync EM Cycle, October 13, 2014. Russia: Oil Risk Returns Jacob Nell (7 495) 287 2134 Alina Slyusarchuk (44 20) 7677 6869 Adjustment to the Double Shock. Russia this year has been subject to a double external shock from politics and more recently from oil. The recent performance has been weak, with growth falling and inflation rising. However, the 12% weaker ruble has facilitated substantial adjustment, with the fiscal and current accounts both about 1% of GDP stronger, despite 1.2% weaker average oil prices. We see adjustment continuing, given the major reduction in levels of CBR intervention in August, and the tough proposed budget for 2015, including a public-sector wage freeze. A further rate hike at the upcoming October 31 meeting – we expect at least 50 bps – would be a welcome further step. Given renewed uncertainty about the oil price, we look at a range of oil price scenarios in 2015/16 and find minor risks to our forecast at US$95/bbl, manageable risks at US$80/bbl, and a disruptive impact only in the improbable event of US$50/bbl. Minor adjustment. The $95/bbl scenario is reasonably close to our current forecast, which is based on $100/bbl, although weaker. We assume that the impact of the lower oil price is broadly offset by the impact of the weaker-than-expected RUB, with the current account weakening from 3.0% of GDP in 2014 to 2.5% of GDP in 2015. We expect the budget deficit to stay broadly balanced (-0.8% of GDP). We would see upside risks to our inflation forecast (currently at average 6.9%Y for 2015). In terms of growth, while we see downside risks increasing to our 2015 growth forecast of -0.5%Y, they rather originate from the tighter budget. New significantly lower target. In the $80/bbl scenario, we would expect the current account to weaken from 3.0% of GDP in 2014 to 1% of GDP in 2015, the budget deficit to widen to 2.0% of GDP, inflation to increase to 9.0%, and the RUB to weaken. In this scenario, we would see growth falling to -2%Y next year. We would expect the policy reaction to include a delay in the move to a floating RUB, further rates hikes of 50-100 bps in response to higher inflation, and greater use of the reserve fund to finance the budget. Market-driven price. In the $50/bbl scenario, the shock is more extreme, and the impacts and policy reactions are harder to predict. We would expect the budget deficit to widen to 5%, inflation to increase to 13-15%Y, and growth to contract to -6%Y. For full details, see Economics & Strategy: Russia: Oil Risk Returns, October 22, 2014. 9 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Macro Watch Central Europe: No Help Against ‘Lowflation’ from FX South Africa: Will FX Push SARB to Hike in November? Pasquale Diana (44 20) 7677 4183 Michael Kafe (27 11) 587 0806 Andrea Masia (27 11) 282 1593 The dollar has posted significant gains versus CEE currencies: Since July, USD has appreciated strongly against CEE currencies, by just under 10%. However, the CEE currencies have moved by much less versus EUR over the same period, and the nominal effective exchange rate over this period has barely moved. This does not mean that the move stronger in USD is irrelevant for CEE, of course. Most of Central Europe faces severe disinflationary pressures, which are mostly imported. So, some FX depreciation on a basket basis is better than no depreciation. However, the issue is that the move stronger in USD has been accompanied by an aggressive move lower in commodity prices. As a result, oil prices when measured in local currencies are down around 20% since June. If sustained, the move lower in oil will likely intensify deflationary pressures and more than offset the little depreciation we have seen on the nominal effective FX front. Recall that, on our estimates, a 10% move in oil prices will lower CPI by around 0.4% over 12 months (see CEEMEA: Oil on the Up: Should Central Banks Worry? March 14, 2011). What can central banks do about the FX? Given the severity of the deflationary pressures that central banks face, it would seem only natural for them to welcome some FX depreciation, mostly versus EUR. A combination of aggressive rate cuts and/or FX reserve accumulation would seem to be the ideal instruments to achieve this outcome. But as always, the picture is more nuanced than this. In Poland, although the NBP’s bias is probably for a weaker PLN, it does not look keen to do much to weaken the zloty at the moment. We continue to see modest easing ahead (25bp, in November). In Hungary, the NBH has indicated clearly that the rate-cutting cycle is over, which is in line with our view. We would not be surprised if the authorities were to start expressing their preference for a somewhat stronger forint as we approach year-end. In the Czech Republic, we continue to think that the CNB will err on the side of prudence and not want to embark on another devaluation as long as it remains comfortable with the growth picture. For full details, see CEEMEA Macro Monitor (FX Spillovers and Responses), October 17, 2014. Watch USDZAR, but watch the NEER even closer: After appreciating by some 9% following the January 2014 sell-off that moved the Monetary Policy Committee of the SARB to raise policy rates unexpectedly by 50bp earlier in the year, ZAR subsequently gave up all its gains since May to print at a high of USDZAR 11.34 in the first week of October, sparking fears that the Committee, which is now under a conceivably more hawkish governor, could tighten policy by 25-50bp. In nominal effective terms, the ZAR exchange rate appreciated by 10.2% for most of 1H14, and subsequently slid by a somewhat less worrisome 4.8% since May, as the move was more reflective of USD strength than ZAR weakness against the basket. As far as policy is concerned, we think the MPC is more likely to focus on the NEER than on USDZAR, as its inflation model is based on movements in the NEER. On our estimates, the recent depreciation, if sustained, will add roughly 0.5pp to headline inflation, which we expect to fall back into the target band at 5.8%Y in March 2015, and to remain sticky at around that level (i.e., uncomfortably close to the upper end of the country’s 3-6%Y inflation target band) for the remainder of the year. Indeed, our current baseline view is that monetary policy will need to be tightened in the period ahead with the aim to support macro rebalancing as growth normalises: We believe that South Africa’s macro imbalances are arguably supported by the relatively loose stance of monetary policy either directly or indirectly, and a tighter policy stance as growth normalises will no doubt help to reduce them – at least in part. To be clear, we look for 75bp of tightening in three clips of 25bp in 2015 (January, July and November), followed by two 50bp of tightening in 2016 (May and September), taking terminal rates towards 7.5% by the end of that year. However, we do see a risk that the first rate hike is brought forward to November 2014 if the currency was to weaken significantly from here: Specifically, were UK Brent crude oil prices to stay around current levels of some US$83/bbl, a further 5-7% weakness in the FX – if sustained – could place the prospects of a modest 25bp November rate hike firmly on the cards. Such a move is also likely to encourage the more hawkish MPC members to push for a slightly higher 50bp rate hike at the January 2015 meeting – especially if the MPC was to remain on hold in November. For full details, see CEEMEA Macro Monitor (FX Spillovers and Responses), October 17, 2014. 10 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Macro Watch China: Underlying Growth Weakness Warrants Continued Easing India: Analysing Impact of Diesel Deregulation and Hike in Gas Prices Helen Qiao (852) 2848 6511 Junwei Sun (852) 2848 5200 Yin Zhang (852) 2239 7818 Chetan Ahya (852) 2239 7812 Upasana Chachra (91 22) 6118 2246 Takeaways: The data release confirmed our view that domestic demand growth remains weak, especially in investment. While 3Q GDP growth beat market consensus slightly, much should be attributed to the service sector, given monthly average IP growth slipped below 8.0%Y. In addition, deepened PPI deflation and sluggish FAI (especially in the property sector) growth imply higher finished goods inventory. Going forward, we expect policy-makers to focus on lowering funding costs, supporting infrastructure investment selectively and stabilising housing demand, all with the help of targeted measures. 3Q GDP growth came in slightly higher than market expectations: GDP growth moderated to +7.3%Y in 3Q, from +7.5%Y in 2Q, slightly higher than consensus and our expectations of +7.2%Y. In our view, the slowdown was likely due to sluggish domestic demand growth and a higher base a year ago. We believe that the consumption slowdown may be related to slower household income growth, tracing weaker investment growth. Notably, September Industrial Production growth surprised on the upside. IP growth improved to +8.0%Y in September (versus +6.9%Y in August), higher than consensus expectations of +7.5%Y (but lower than our forecast of +8.3%Y). We believe that the rebound was mainly helped by better export growth and one more working day in this September than last year. Fixed Asset Investment (FAI) growth decelerated further in September (+16.1%Y YTD versus +16.5%Y YTD in August): The implied single month FAI growth remained weak at +13.9%Y (versus +13.8%Y in August). The slowdown was mainly driven by falling property investment growth. For full details, see China Economics: Underlying Growth Weakness Warrants Continued Easing, October 21, 2014. Bottom line: The government’s announcements to deregulate diesel prices, increase gas prices, and re-launch the direct benefit transfer scheme are steps in the right direction towards the broader objective of reforming the energy sector. On balance, the net impact of these measures on inflation is negligible. On October 18, the Union government introduced the following new policy actions: • Deregulation of diesel prices, which will be marketdetermined, effective immediately. • Revised the gas pricing formula and increased gas prices to US$5.61/mmbtu from US$ 3.8/mmbtu (on the basis of gross calorific value). The price rise will be effective from November 1, and gas prices will be revised every six months. • Re-launch the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for transfer of subsidies on sale of LPG cylinders (cooking gas) in 54 districts from November 10. What’s the impact on inflation? The decline in diesel prices will have a positive impact on WPI and CPI inflation, but the rise in gas prices will raise prices for fertilizer and electricity. However, the overall impact of the increase in electricity prices should be much less, since gas-based power plants account for ~9% of total power generation capacity and ~4% of actual power generation. WPI inflation: Assuming a direct impact of full pass-through of the gas price hike on urea prices, electricity and simultaneous reduction in diesel prices, WPI inflation on balance would remain largely unchanged (impact of 0.4bp). Moreover, the inflationary impact of the urea price hike could be negated by falling international urea prices, since imported consumption accounts for ~31% of total urea consumption. CPI inflation: We can assess the direct (first-round impact) on CPI using consumer expenditure weights. The net impact of declining diesel prices and higher electricity costs should be almost negligible at ~3bp. The second-round (indirect) impact on CPI inflation is expected over a period of six months. For full details, see India Economics: Analysing Impact of Diesel Deregulation and Hike in Gas Prices, October 20, 2014. 11 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Macro Watch Korea: Déjà vu of 2004 Rate Cuts? Mexico: No Oil, No Trouble Sharon Lam (852) 2848 8927 Jason Liu (852) 2848 6882 Luis Arcentales (1 212) 761 4913 Maria Bendana (1 212) 296 5220 25bp rate cut: At the monetary policy meeting on October 15, the Bank of Korea (BoK) cut the policy rate by 25bp to 2.0%. This pushes the rate back to the historical low level set in 2009 during the global financial crisis. The difference is that GDP growth in 1Q09 was -1.9%Y, while growth today is trailing at around 3.5%Y. This was the second rate cut this year, after the cut in August. With crude quotes collapsing to multi-year lows, Mexico watchers are growing increasingly concerned about the risks to Mexico’s oil-addicted public sector: On the surface, the fears appear to be well justified. After all, the government relies on oil-related revenues for nearly a third of its budget or the equivalent of roughly 7% of GDP. In light of the persistent pressure on crude prices of late, Congress decided to lower its oil price projection for 2015 – next year’s budget discussions are currently taking place – by one dollar to US$81 per barrel. And with the Mexican oil basket approaching US$75 per barrel in mid-October, even the newly downgraded 2015 budget target may appear somewhat optimistic. The situation in the oil market has prompted Mexico watchers to ask if the public sector is bound to experience a meaningful budget adjustment next year, thus becoming a headwind to growth at a time when the economic recovery is finally starting to broaden beyond external-linked sectors like manufacturing (see “Mexico: Broader and Brighter”, Week Ahead in Latin America, October 3, 2014). Why did the BoK cut rates? We think that the BoK cut the rate for three reasons: i) Rising external macro uncertainties recently, with strong outflows of foreign capital along with stronger USD, and fears over the global economic outlook after the IMF cut its forecasts for global GDP. ii) Inflation is low: Korea’s headline CPI inflation declined to 1.1%Y in September (versus 1.4%Y in August), the lowest level in seven months. For more than two years, Korea’s inflation has been lower than the BoK’s target of 2.5-3.5%Y. iii) Corporate investment is weak: With the fragile business sentiment, Korea’s corporate investment turned weak in 3Q. Equipment investment declined severely by 9.8%Y in August (versus +2.8%Y in July), the biggest decline in 18 months. Déjà vu of 2004 rate cuts? In 2004, the BoK also cut interest rates twice, with a total of 50bp in 2H. We see some similarities between now and then. First, both times saw interest rates pushed to record-low levels in their respective cycles. Second, the BoK cut rates when the economy was already stabilising and higher GDP growth was expected. Third, there was a major cabinet reshuffle in the government prior to the BoK’s rate cuts, and monetary easing came together with other stimulus packages. We see less of an impact this time: We see some similarities between now and 2004 and some key differences. The swing factor is likely to be consumer loan growth. All in all, we believe that the impact of the rate cuts in 2014 will be much smaller than in 2004. Looking ahead, we retain our view of no more rate cuts for this cycle, as it does not make sense to push the rate to another record low when GDP growth is expected to be above trend next year. The BoK forecasts that Korea’s GDP will grow by 3.9%Y in 2015 (versus our forecast of 4.1%Y), up from the forecast 3.5%Y this year. We believe that Korea needs structural reforms to boost long-term growth potential, not more rate cuts. For full details, see Korea Economics: Déjà vu of 2004 Rate Cuts? October 15, 2014. Despite sharply lower oil prices, concerns about the fiscal accounts and deep budget cuts seem grossly overblown, in our view. Our claim may seem surprising and counterintuitive, but we estimate that if oil prices collapse to US$71 per barrel in 2015 – a whopping US$10 below budget – oil-related revenues would decline by just 0.3% of GDP, a figure equivalent to just 1% of projected 2015 government spending. And for those Mexico watchers concerned about potential cuts to public works, 0.3% of GDP is equivalent to a modest 7% of the investment purse in 2015. Simplistic analyses assume that for the government, oil revenues are just a function of crude production and market prices. However, this ignores the interplay between domestic controlled prices, falling exports and rising imports. While any revenue shortfall from lower oil prices should be manageable, policy-makers should not lose sight of the need to effectively implement the energy reform as a way to reverse the multi-year slump in crude production and, with time, bring about lower energy costs. Rather than a sign of strength, the current relative resilience to oil price swings has been a function of rapidly rising domestic fuel prices – which squeeze businesses and consumers alike – and a worsening net oil exporter position as production stagnates amid rising imports. For full details, see Mexico: No Oil, No Trouble: Week Ahead in Latin America, October 17, 2014. 12 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Inflation Target Monitor & Next Rate Move Global Economics Team. Contact: [email protected] US Euro Area Japan UK Canada Switzerland Inflation target Latest month 12M MS fcast Next rate decision Current rate Market expects (bp) MS expects (bp) Risks to our call 2.0% PCE Price Index 1.5% < 2% HICP (u) 0.3% 1.6% 29 Oct 0.125 0 0 No risks, same through mid-2015 1.5% 06 Nov 0.05 0 0 2% CPI (u) Paving the way to full-blown QE 3.1% 1.0% 31 Oct 0.10 0 0 - 2% 1.2% 1.8% 06 Nov 0.50 1 0 - 1-3% 2.1% 1.9% 03 Dec 1.00 0 0 Data-dependent <2% CPI (u) 0.0% 0.2% 12 Dec 0.00 -4 0 - Sweden 2.0% CPI -0.4% 1.4% 28 Oct 0.25 -14 0 Inflation surprises meaningfully to downside Australia 2-3% over the cycle 2.3% 1.6% 04 Nov 2.50 -1 0 Risks low, RBA guiding to period of stability in monetary policy 3.50 1 0 - New Zealand 1-3% CPI 1.6% - 24 Oct Russia 5% CPI 8.0% 6.3% 31 Oct 8.00 - 0 Rates on hold Poland 2.5% (+/- 1%) CPI -0.3% 1.5% 05 Nov 2.00 -25 -25 - Czech Rep. 2.0% (+/-1%) CPI 0.6% 1.8% 06 Nov 0.05 -1 0 - Hungary 3.0% CPI 0.2% 2.2% 28 Oct 2.10 0 0 - Romania 2.5% (+/-1%) CPI 0.8% 3.0% 04 Nov 3.00 - 0 - 5% 8.9% 7.0% 23 Oct 8.25 -1 0 - Israel 1-3% 0.0% 1.1% 27 Oct 0.25 - 0 - S. Africa 3-6% 5.9% 5.8% 20 Nov 5.75 21 0 FX blow-out/growth recovery front-loads hikes Nigeria - 7.9% 8.6% 25 Nov 12.00 - 0 CBN hikes rates Ghana 9% +/-2% 13.2% 11.5% 03 Nov 19.00 - 0 - Kenya 5% +/-2.5% 6.6% 7.5% 03 Nov 8.50 - 0 China - 1.6% 0.0% N/A 6.00 - 0 - India - 6.5% 6.1% 02 Dec 8.00 - 0 - Hong Kong - 6.6% 3.9% 29 Oct 0.50 - 0 - 2.00 0 0 - 20 12.5 - Turkey S. Korea Taiwan 2.5-3.5% 1.1% 2.5% 13 Nov - 0.7% 1.8% 25 Dec 1.88 Indonesia 4.5% +/- 1.0% 4.5% 5.9% 13 Nov 7.50 - 0 - Malaysia - 2.6% 4.2% 06 Nov 3.25 9 25 Upside risk Thailand 0.5-3.0% core CPI 1.8% 2.3% 05 Nov 2.00 -2 0 - 4% +/-1% CPI 4.4% 4.0% 23 Oct 2.50 - 25 - 4.5% +/-2.0% IPCA 6.8% 6.6% 29 Oct 11.00 9 0 - 3% +/-1% CPI 4.1% 3.6% 31 Oct 3.00 0 0 - N/A - - - -6 -25 - Philippines Brazil Mexico Argentina 15.5-24.2% M2 growth 22.5% 32.5% N/A Chile 3% +/-1% CPI 4.5% 3.1% 15 Nov 3.00 Peru 2% +/-1% CPI 2.7% 2.8% 22 Nov 3.50 - 0 - Colombia 3% +/-1% CPI 3.0% 3.1% 31 Oct 4.50 0 0 - (u) = unofficial Notes: Inflation numbers in red indicate values above target, green below; MS expectations in red (green) indicate our rate forecasts are above (below) market expectations. Japan policy rate is the interest rate on excess reserves. Source: National central banks, Morgan Stanley Research forecast 13 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global Monetary Policy Rate Forecasts Current 4Q14 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 US 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.125 0.625 1.125 1.625 2.125 Euro Area 0.15 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 Japan 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 UK 0.50 0.50 0.75 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 Canada 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.50 2.10 2.50 3.00 3.60 Switzerland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Sweden 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 Australia 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.50 New Zealand 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.75 4.00 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 Russia 8.00 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.25 8.00 7.75 7.50 7.25 7.00 Poland 2.00 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 Czech Rep. 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 Hungary 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.25 2.25 2.50 3.00 Romania 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00 Turkey 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.50 9.00 9.00 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 Israel 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.75 1.25 1.75 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 S. Africa 5.75 5.75 6.00 6.00 6.25 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.50 7.50 Nigeria 12.00 12.00 12.00 11.50 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 Ghana 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 18.00 18.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 Kenya 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 China 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 India 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 7.75 Hong Kong 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 S. Korea 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 Taiwan 1.875 2.00 2.13 2.25 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 2.38 Indonesia 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 Malaysia 3.25 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 Thailand 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 Philippines 2.50 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 Brazil 11.00 11.00 11.50 11.75 10.75 10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Mexico 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.50 Chile 3.25 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.25 3.50 4.00 Peru 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.75 4.00 4.75 5.25 5.50 5.50 Colombia 4.50 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75 5.25 5.50 5.50 5.50 Source: National Central Banks, Morgan Stanley Research forecasts; Note: Japan policy rate is the interest rate on excess reserves. Red (green) indicates policy rate hike (cut) Fed and Eurosystem Balance Sheet Monitor Source: Haver Analytics Source: Haver Analytics 14 MORGAN STANLEY RESEARCH October 22, 2014 The Global Macro Analyst Global GDP and Inflation Forecasts Real GDP (%) CPI inflation (%) 2013 2014E 2015E 2016E 2013 2014E 2015E 2016E Global Economy 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 G10 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.6 2.0 US 2.2 2.1 2.8 2.3 1.5 2.0 1.8 2.1 Euro Area -0.4 0.8 1.2 1.7 1.4 0.6 1.2 1.4 Germany 0.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.8 2.0 France 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.1 Italy -1.8 -0.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Spain -1.2 1.4 2.2 2.2 1.4 0.0 0.9 1.0 Japan 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.4 2.7 1.9 2.5 UK 1.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.6 1.5 1.5 2.1 Canada 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.3 0.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 Sweden 1.5 1.5 2.6 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 Australia 2.4 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.5 1.9 2.7 4.8 4.4 4.9 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.8 2.2 1.8 2.1 3.1 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.1 Russia 1.3 0.6 -0.5 1.1 6.8 7.3 6.9 5.4 Poland 1.6 3.0 3.3 3.8 0.9 0.1 1.2 2.1 Czech Rep -0.9 2.6 2.4 2.7 1.4 0.4 1.7 2.0 Hungary 1.0 3.5 3.0 2.3 1.7 0.0 2.1 2.8 Ukraine 0.0 -7.3 1.2 5.0 -0.3 10.8 11.4 6.3 Kazakhstan 6.0 3.2 2.8 7.5 5.7 6.8 7.7 6.8 Turkey 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.8 7.5 8.9 7.3 6.0 Israel 3.3 2.2 2.7 3.0 1.5 0.7 1.2 1.7 South Africa 1.9 1.3 2.5 3.0 5.8 6.3 5.8 5.6 Nigeria 5.5 5.8 7.0 7.0 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.7 Ghana 7.1 6.5 7.5 7.8 11.4 14.8 12.0 11.0 Emerging Markets CEEMEA Kenya 4.7 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.7 7.3 7.5 6.5 Asia ex-Japan 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.5 4.2 3.4 3.3 3.7 China 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.3 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.9 India 4.7 5.3 6.3 6.8 10.1 7.4 6.4 6.1 Hong Kong 2.9 2.0 2.5 2.5 4.3 3.9 3.1 2.3 Korea 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.0 1.3 1.7 2.6 2.5 Taiwan 2.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 0.8 1.5 2.0 2.1 Singapore 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.8 2.4 1.7 1.8 2.0 Indonesia 5.8 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.9 Malaysia 4.7 5.8 5.3 5.4 2.1 3.1 3.6 3.0 Thailand 2.9 0.6 3.6 4.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 Philippines 7.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 2.9 4.3 4.0 4.0 2.5 1.1 2.2 3.0 7.4 10.2 10.4 8.9 Brazil 2.5 0.2 0.3 2.0 6.2 6.3 6.6 6.0 Mexico 1.1 2.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.2 Chile 4.1 1.9 3.1 3.8 1.9 4.1 3.1 3.0 Peru 5.0 3.3 5.3 4.8 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.7 Colombia 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.0 2.0 2.9 3.1 3.3 Argentina 3.0 -1.5 1.3 2.0 10.6 23.3 30.8 26.7 Venezuela 1.3 -2.0 -1.5 1.3 40.6 59.6 51.7 40.7 Latin America Source: IMF, Morgan Stanley Research forecasts; 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