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ABN Amro opjusterer den amerikanske vækst i år fra 3,2 til 5,8 pct.

Hugo Gaarden

torsdag 21. januar 2021 kl. 12:10

ABN Amro har opjusteret sin prognose for den amerikanske økonomi og venter en vækst i 2021 på 5,8 pct. mod tidligere forventet 3,2 pct. Det skyldes den finanspakke, som præsident Biden ventes at få igennem med en større satsning på projekter i infrastrukturen samt en slækkelse af corona-restriktionerne. Inflationen ventes at krybe opad til 3 pct. i midten af året, og det kan også få renten til at stige. 

Uddrag fra ABN Amro:

Major US growth forecast upgrade

US Macro: Massive growth upgrades, and a possible earlier Fed lift-off 

Following the Democrat Senate election wins earlier this month, and president-elect Biden’s $1.9trn fiscal support package proposal, we have significantly upgraded our US GDP forecasts.

We now expect growth of 5.8% in 2021 (previous: 3.2%; consensus: 4.0%), and 4.1% in 2022 (consensus: 3.3%). This is driven by three main factors:

1) significantly more fiscal support, which will add 1.9pp to growth in 2021, and 0.6pp to growth in 2022;

2) lighter lockdown restrictions in Q4 and Q1 than we had in our base case, despite the resurgent pandemic;

3) higher spending on infrastructure and renewable energy, as Biden had promised in his election campaign.

The result will be a much more rapid closure of the output gap; we now expect this to take place in Q1 2022, whereas previously we had forecast a persistent negative output gap. This will see the economy returning to its pre-covid levels by Q2 this year, whereas previously we expected this to happen in Q4.

Output gap will close much sooner than previously expected

Source: ABN AMRO Group Economics

Somewhat higher inflation, and a possible Fed hike in late 2023 –

The more rapid closure of the output gap will put some upward pressure on inflation, and therefore our expectations for Fed policy. On an annual basis, we expect inflation to peak at around 3% in the middle of the year, mostly on base effects and higher oil prices. In the second half of the year, monthly inflation is expected to be somewhat elevated, with the housing component likely exhibiting some catchup growth from the pandemic period (during which rents essentially froze). This will likely give the FOMC the confidence to taper asset purchases in 2022 and to subsequently bring them to an end.

On rates, it is also possible that a period of higher inflation might spur some of the more hawkish FOMC members to favour a hike; the Fed’s forward guidance is that rates would remain at current levels at least until the Fed is ‘on track’ to exceed its 2% inflation target for a time. However, we do not expect elevated inflation to last, given extremely well anchored expectations.

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