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Global Tightening To Accelerate Economic Slowdown

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  • This is another ‘bear’ chart that shows that the global tightening cycle will accelerate the economic slowdown in the coming 6 to 12 months, therefore maintaining market uncertainty elevated in the medium term.
  • Out of the 38 central banks tracked by the BiS, 24 raised interest rates this month to tame inflation and support the domestic currency.
  • CBR is the only major central bank that cut rates this month following the emergency meeting this morning, lowering its benchmark rate by 300bps to support the economy.
  • Hence, the blue line represents the net central bank hikes in May (23), which has historically acted as a strong ‘leading’ indicator of the global economic activity.
  • The aggressive tightening cycle run by central banks in the past year is pricing in a significant fall in the global manufacturing PMI (‘proxy’ for real economic activity) in the coming year.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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