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Présentation du 02/10: Peut-on encore se projeter à long terme… et vers quels scénarios ?

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Alors que nous avons les yeux rivés sur l’actualité politique et économique immédiate, les marchés des précieux et des taux d’intérêt nous renvoient aux enjeux de long, voire de très long terme, au sujet desquels les économistes n’osent presque plus de se positionner face aux bouleversements en cours.

Il est faux, pourtant, de penser que nous pouvons nous exonérer de cette analyse. Avérées ou démenties, les projections de long terme sont autant de forces de rappel qui influencent déjà les comportements économiques et les évolutions des marchés financiers.

Oser l’exercice prospectif semble plus utile que jamais pour remettre au cœur de la réflexion les principaux enjeux et tenter d’en tirer les enseignements. C’était l’objet de notre présentation trimestrielle de ce jeudi.

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Perspectives 2026 : 3 % sauvegardés pour le PIB mondial mais l’essentiel est ailleurs

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A 3,1 %, notre prévision de croissance du PIB mondial a été révisée en légère hausse pour 2025 et 2026. Les victoires de D. Trump payeraient donc ! C’est le principal enseignement de ces dernières semaines. Iran, Otan, fiscalité et négociations commerciales : D. Trump est parvenu à ses fins. L’économie américaine en retirera quelques bénéfices à moindre frais et devrait pouvoir afficher une croissance de l’ordre de 2 % l’an prochain, après un second semestre 2025 en berne. La réforme fiscale devrait être en mesure de rattraper ce faux pas à partir du printemps 2026, un coup de pouce non négligeable… avant que la note ne se présente, à plus long terme, côté taux d’intérêt notamment.
L’économie chinoise semble en mesure, de son côté, de résister à des tarifs inférieurs à 30 %-35 %. Il lui sera plus difficile de contourner les tarifs américains que jusqu’alors et le protectionnisme mordra sur l’activité manufacturière. L’Empire du Milieu continue néanmoins à renforcer sa puissance dans les technologies d’avenir et l’énergie et déploie ses exportations en dehors des Etats-Unis à grand pas. Xi-Jinping tisse sa toile et profite du champ libre laissé par le désengagement américain à l’égard du monde émergent et du climat. La croissance devrait y rester inférieure à 5 % mais l’objectif est ailleurs, à la fois stratégique et diplomatique, à long terme.
Pendant ce temps, l’Europe boit la tasse. L’UE recule face à D. Trump, affronte l’agressivité de la compétition chinoise, promet de faire plus de chars mais moins d’environnement, délaisse sa recherche et se tire dans les pattes pour le budget à venir et bien d’autres sujets. Malgré l’offensive sur la défense et les infrastructures, la croissance de la zone euro dépassera de peu 1 % l’an prochain, selon nos estimations, pas mieux que cette année pour laquelle l’envolée irlandaise du premier trimestre sauve la donne. Pour la France et l’Allemagne, ce ne serait pas plus que 0,4 % en 2025 et respectivement 0,8 % et 1,2 % l’an prochain.
Notre scénario mondial se conclut, malgré tout, sur une note plutôt encourageante, également, moins préoccupante s’agissant des perspectives d’inflation. Les négociations commerciales en cours apaisent les risques d’une embardée de l’inflation aux Etats-Unis comme dans le reste du monde, dans lequel, pour de nombreux pays, la guerre commerciale est synonyme de pressions déflationnistes plutôt que l’inverse.

Les banques centrales devraient, donc, retrouver un peu plus d’agilité. Du moins, là où leurs taux directeurs n’ont pas été déjà fortement abaissés, comme en zone euro où le spectre d’un retour à des taux zéro impose de la retenue, notamment face à l’imprévisibilité de ce qui peut se passer aux Etats-Unis. Les marges devraient être plus conséquentes dans de nombreux pays émergents dans lesquels les politiques monétaires ont conservé, hors Chine, un biais très restrictif.

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2018 Outlook – Welcome to Annapurna

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Summary – Current economic trends seem particularly favorable, but after taking a step back, we are inclined to be more circumspect than the consensus of economists on the outlook for 2018. Our worldwide scenario has changed little since September. Our global GDP growth forecast for 2017 remains the same, at 3.6%, and we have lifted our 2018 scenario slightly to 3.3% from 3.2%. Upward revisions to our 2017 estimates for the developed world offset the declines we project in emerging markets. Meanwhile, we continue to foresee a modest global slowdown in economic activity next year as a result of reduced US and Chinese growth.

In this context, and amid the structural changes underway, worldwide inflation does not look ready to accelerate. It should fall from 2 % on average this year to 1.8% next year, in the wake of declining raw material prices. With no inflation on the horizon, central banks will maintain their very accommodative bias. Restricted by a persistent flat yield curve, the Fed will have trouble carrying out the three key interest rate increases it has planned. The ECB will remain particularly conservative and is unlikely to have an opportunity to take a position on a future increase in key rates.

The dollar is set to disappoint and maintain pressure on other countries. Japan, now benefiting from a more promising environment, is probably the country best placed to absorb the market’s wariness with regard to the US currency. Our exchange-rate scenario remains unchanged from our September projections and includes a substantial appreciation in the yen.

In the short run, we think exposure to risk is still a viable strategy, so long as it is focused on developed markets. But the current environment requires investors to be ready to change direction at a moment’s notice. For this reason, we have developed a fundamental allocation to complement our short-term, tactical recommendations.

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An unsettled autumn

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Indeed, there was no shortage of upheaval this summer. Once again, the bond markets defied consensus forecasts and the dollar had the last straw, sliding 7% against the euro.

Global performance was rescued by emerging markets, but neither cyclical stocks nor European markets lived up to expectations, at least in euro terms. The situation looks very different in dollar terms, with European indexes solidly outperforming global ones.

Contents:

  • Global overview
  • Update of activity and inflation forecasts
  • Update of interest rate and exchange rate forecasts
  • Recommendations and assets allocation

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Quarterly macro and asset allocation – Zero Risk?

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Helpful financial conditions and the removal of major political risks in Western countries are maintaining a healthy appetite for risk. The bull run has gone a long way, but seems capable of going further although the path ahead is increasingly strewn with pitfalls, requiring investors to watch out for a large spectrum of risks.

Content:

  • Global overview
  • Global GDP and inflation forecast update
  • Interest rates and exchange rate forecast update
  • Investment recommendations and global asset allocation

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Sell The Dip- Update of our investment scenario*

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The onslaught of bad news won out last week as global stock exchanges endured a heavy correction and investors retreated in a massive flight-to-quality. At a time when some observers already see a buy opportunity in the recent slide, we continue – given our view of the macro-economic and geopolitical situation – to take a protective stance in the near term. There are four main reasons behind this:

1- None of today’s geo-political conflicts (Iraq, Gaza Strip, in Ukraine-Russia or South China Sea) seem to be ending anytime soon. The multitude of conflict zones and the extreme complexity of the present situation could well indeed fuel investor risk aversion.

2- The European economic picture has taken a bad turn. The lack of domestic growth drivers, amid an environment of soft global trade, has trumped the economic recovery. Current forecasts are no longer tenable and news in the coming months is sure to lead the market to revise its forecasts on future growth markedly downward.

3- The ECB is behind the ball when it comes to fighting deflation. Its intervention, if it ever sees the light of day, will not have the same impact on the markets as Fed action, particularly for the banking sector where all signs point to a sustained downturn.

4- Anticipations of a Fed rate hike have diminished due to recent international developments, which helped in limiting the damage on the US equity indices. However, the postponement of Fed normalization cannot be perpetually seen as good news.

Given the wealth of evidence, the correction that started several days ago is likely to continue. Our recommendations remain:

  • Steering well clear of the equity markets, including in the emerging markets.
  • Beefing up exposure to sovereign bond markets (the configuration of the T-bond market strengthens our scenario of a drop towards 2.25% for the 10Y), including for peripherals in southern Europe.
  • Increasing exposure to precious metals.
  • Easing exposure to the euro vs. the dollar over time.

Clouds gathering on risky assets

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Our contrarian outlook for a global growth slowdown starting in the second half calls for caution in terms of asset allocation

Global growth slowing next year to 2.8% versus 3.2% this year

  • U.S. growth is failing to take off: real estate prices have increased too fast, thus squelching the recovering in the construction industry, growth inertia in services continues to hurt the job market, weak productivity growth has failed to provide the necessary boost to investment that would extend the cycle. Growth disappoints and will not exceed 2% this year or next year.
  • Deflation is settling into the euro area and is propagating to the countries in the northern part of the currency union. Following the favorable boost from the economic recovery, keeping the momentum going proves difficult due to the deteriorating export outlook. Germany is not playing its role as an economic engine, other countries are not recovering. Next year, growth will fall to 0.9%, after 1% this year.
  • The situation for emerging markets suffers from the negative influence of the Chinese economy: export markets are drying up, soft demand for commodities and devaluation of the Renminbi. Imbalances and chronic shakiness increase the temporary instability. The Russian economy is tipping into a recession, Brazilian growth falls after the uptick from the World Cup, the effects of Indian reforms are diluted by a difficult economic situation.

New bond rally

  • The Fed will not see « tapering » through to the end; key rates will stay at zero. The 10Y will decrease to 2-2.25% before the start of 2015.
  • The ECB will embark on a long journey of non-conventional monetary policy. Long rates will fall, following the bund, whose 10Y yield will fall to 1-1.25% before early 2015. Interest rate gaps between countries in southern Europe and the German bund will stabilize before widening again in 2015.
  • The risk of deflation increases the world over, commodity prices fall back as instability increases. Brent drops to under $90/b.

Growing instability on the forex markets

  • The Fed’s strategy shift contradicts the ECB easing, the euro does not fall.
  • The BoJ roars back to life after the failure of Abenomics, the yen tumbles in 2015.
  • Forex risk increases in EMs, particularly in Asia where the currency war pits the Japanese against the Chinese.

Downturn in the equity markets

The change in outlook weighs on earnings forecasts and cyclical stocks.

The S&P recedes to 1,600, the EuroStoxx returns to 300 points. Industrial equities take a hit, with the DAX squarely in the crosshairs.

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