Newcastle, 11 th December 2015 Ben Gutteridge, CFA: Head of Fund Research Brewin Dolphin UK Economic Perspective:
UK Consumer – Reasons for Optimism Source: Bloomberg/BoE
Source: Bloomberg/Datstream UK Housing
UK Consumer – Reasons for Caution
UK Forward Rates Source: Bloomberg
Economic Rebalancing?
UK Trade Source: Bloomberg
Currency Strength Source: Bloomberg
Chinese Private Sector Leverage Source: Bloomberg
Sino the Times Source: Bloomberg
Yuan Direction Source: Bloomberg
Eurozone lending rates are falling
EU Referendum Brexit? What are the terms? Who will lead the campaigns? How will refugee crisis evolve? What can we learn from recent elections? Consequences for FDI? Consequences for markets?
UK Fiscal Consolidation
Deflation is the only constant Source: Bloomberg/Brewin Dolphin
Economic recover seems set to continue Decent jobs/wage growth Housing Private sector leverage a concern Global Trade remains a difficult environment Europe improving China slowing Currency Strength Summary
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