Some highlights from Q3 2014 Market Spotlight:
The Global Picture
- The recovery goes on, but more slowly than we expected it to do.
- The U.S. was until recently in “active deleveraging,” or a decline of nominal debt balances. That phase is over in the U.S., but continues in Europe.
- Secular adjustment, the third force shaping today’s economy, will likely stay with us for years. Adverse demographics and a long-running productivity slowdown have lowered the neutral rates of growth, real interest, and inflation.
- In Q4 disinflationary forces dominate. One driver is oil prices. In Japan and the eurozone, lower inflation will persist unless the euro and yen depreciate further.
Emerging Markets
- The emerging markets outlook might be darkening. On one hand, gradually improving demand from advanced economies would lift exports. On the other, Chinese growth is unlikely to pick up.
- Recent elections in some EM countries, Brazil and India for example, won’t be panaceas. Indonesia is more resilient now to financial outflows and interest rate hikes than it was a year ago.
A Look at Local Markets
- While Asia-Pacific regional benchmarks sank in the third quarter, some markets surged ahead.
- In particular, China and Japan snapped back from weak Q2 performance, while India and Thailand continued their winning ways.
- In India, stocks rose 4.79% in Q3, well ahead of the region wide increase for the quarter. Investors continue to buy India’s reform story under newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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