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h data is available. 4. Edward Luce, “Goodbye to Barack Obama’s World,” Financial Times, November 27, 2016. 5. J

e appreciation of the yen, once again pushing the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ’s) 2% inflation target further into the futu

u of Labor Statistics BOE: Bank of England BOJ: Bank of Japan CAGR: compound annual growth rate CDS: credit de

progress in dealing with important economic issues.** Shambaugh has outlined various measures, such as infrastructure spending proposed by President Obama in his fiscal year 2017 budget, that would positively impact productivity and labor force participation.’ The budget was not approved. Summers has si

ures, such as infrastructure spending proposed by President Obama in his fiscal year 2017 budget, that would positi

r takeaway from the analysis would not change if 1945 and 1949 were included for the series for which data is available. 4. Edward Luce, “Goodbye to Barack Obama’s World,” Financial Times, November 27, 2016. 5. John H. Cochrane, “Ending America’s Slow-Growth Tailspin,” Wall Street Journal, ay 2, 2016. 6. arti

the fiscal cliff negotiations. Commodities — A further set of better Chinese economic data keeps us long base metals. Equity markets are taking the Obama victory quite badly, with US stocks down some 4% on Wednesday and Thursday. This has pushed up global bond markets, and credit spreads are wider, but

in the slipstream of the tumbling equity market. President Obama’s re-election perhaps also diminishes expectation

lar to QE itself. Beyond that, this is another small step towards perceptions that monetary policy is no longer independent from fiscal policy, like the Bank of Japan’s joint statement with two government ministers last month. Nobody knows the tipping point at which these perceptions feed into much higher inflation e

d 1.9% in CY16 (Chart 13). One explanation is that private consumption is simply being underestimated in demand- side GDP statistics: researchers at the Bank of Japan recently produced experimental supply-side estimates of GDP that were significantly higher than existing expenditure- side statistics. We find the Bo

Trump and his aides have made it clear that they consider the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be a “bad deal.” Media have reported that President Obama is not considering pushing the deal through a lame duck Congress. This means the deal is likely dead in its current form. While negative for Japan,

TPP) to be a “bad deal.” Media have reported that President Obama is not considering pushing the deal through a lam

lections, Republicans will likely lose seats in the House overall, but retain a majority; we also expect them to win a narrow majority in the Senate. Obama will likely retain the White House. Such an electoral outcome would confirm the existing gridlock between Republicans and Democrats. e Against the b

should profit in the medium term. e Longer-term debt issues and weak competitiveness of major exporters are hurting the Japanese economy. Therefore the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance will maintain an expansive policy and continue to try weaken the JPY. However, current positive growth dynamics are supportiv

Foreign Exchange We remain underweight the Japanese yen. The Japanese economy continues to weaken against its peers, leading to rising pressure for the Bank of Japan to engage in further quantitative easing. We have closed our preference for the Canadian dollar following its recent strength, and therefore close ou

ctions, Republicans will likely lose seats in the House on a net basis but retain a majority; we expect them to be even with Democrats in the Senate. Obama will likely retain the White House. Such an electoral outcome would prolong the existing gridlock between Republicans and Democrats. ¢ Due to the on

thing that did ring clearly from the November 2012 U.S. election is the degree of frustration around partisan bickering and policy inaction. This was Obama's last campaign, so he is playing for posterity. Congress recognizes it is already playing to mid-term elections in 2014, and while I never count on

believe inflation comes after growth and therefore isn't a threat to this cycle of easy monetary policy. We expect the Fed, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan will continue to promote "easy money." There is going to be an inflation shock that will come with accelerating growth-we just don't see it next year