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Something we’re often asked is which era in history is most like this one. Perhaps the obvious answer is the 1970s, given the energy shock and high inflation. Others have pointed to the late-90s and early-2000s, when the dot com bubble burst and big tech valuations fell substantially. Or maybe it’s more like the 1960s, another era where policymakers moved to fine-tune
economies amidst low unemployment, but which saw inflation get increasingly out of control. [mehr]

London continues to be the leading trading hub for OTC interest rate derivatives with a market share of 46% and an average daily turnover of USD 2.6 tr. However, the UK has lost ground since 2019 when its market share was still 51%. This is due to the transition away from Libor as well as the ongoing efforts of EU authorities to bring more derivatives clearing into the bloc. [mehr]

Despite the lower absolute energy imports, Germany had to pay significantly more for its imports because of higher prices. Total primary energy demand in Germany fell by just under 5% in 2022. Oil, coal, and renewables have expanded their share in primary energy demand, while natural gas and nuclear energy have lost importance. [mehr]

Trotz der geringeren absoluten Energieimporte musste Deutschland wegen der gestiegenen Preise deutlich mehr für seine Einfuhren zahlen. Der gesamte Primärenergieverbrauch in Deutschland sank 2022 um knapp 5%. Öl, Kohle und Erneuerbare haben ihren Anteil am Energiemix ausgebaut, Erdgas und Kernenergie an Bedeutung verloren. [mehr]

We calculate a nominal and real return triangle for German house prices from 1970 to 2022. The market offered an inflation hedge in the past. This is in particular true for periods of high inflation as in these periods house prices even exceeded inflation. The huge supply shortage and rising rents are further arguments for a bottoming out of house prices in 2023. [mehr]

Wir berechnen ein nominales und reales Renditedreieck von 1970 bis 2022 für Hauspreise in Deutschland. Der Markt bot in der Vergangenheit einen Inflationsschutz. Dies gilt insbesondere für Phasen mit hohen Inflationsraten, da dort die Hauspreise sogar die Inflation übertrafen. Die große Angebotsknappheit und steigende Mieten sind weitere Faktoren, weshalb die aktuell fallenden Hauspreise bald ihren Boden finden dürften. [mehr]

In the first part of series 4 of our Future of Payments series, Marion Laboure and Cassidy Ainsworth-Grace take a look at how the end of a rare macroeconomic environment, featuring near-zero interest rates, stimulus packages, and excess liquidity, could clean the market of bad actors, much like the dot-com bubble did two decades ago. [mehr]

How do we identify the key themes that are driving markets and economies, and also incorporate their impact into investment and corporate decisions? Adrian Cox asks Luke Templeman about his latest report ’16 themes driving markets and economies’. It highlights the top themes and explains how applying a common framework across different themes is necessary to assess how those themes can affect each other. “You can read something written by intelligent people on theme A and then theme B, and they might make sense individually, but they may overlap in ways that are mutually exclusive. That’s what really interests me”, says Templeman. [mehr]

Identifying the big themes driving markets and economies is one thing, but more critical is to incorporate their impact into investment and corporate decisions. Luke Templeman, Thematic Research Analyst, provides a one-page summary of the 16 global themes he believes most cross corporates, economies, and markets. [mehr]

Im zweiten Halbjahr hat das Kreditvolumen mit Unternehmen und Selbstständigen weiter kräftig zugelegt (EUR +42 Mrd.), selbst ohne Notkredite an Energiefirmen (EUR 13 Mrd.). Das Plus ggü. Vorjahr liegt bei 8,2%, v.a. dank der kurz- und mittelfristigen Kredite. Förder- und Auslandsbanken gewannen Marktanteile. Der rapide Zinsanstieg dürfte das Wachstum 2023 stark bremsen. Termin- expandierten zulasten von Sichteinlagen. Die Finanzierungsalternativen schnitten eher schwach ab. Die deutsche Wirtschaft dürfte im Winterhalbjahr in eine technische Rezession rutschen. Aufgrund der anschließenden Erholung ist für das Gesamtjahr 2023 immerhin eine Stagnation zu erwarten. Der private Verbrauch leidet unter dem inflationsbedingten Kaufkraftverlust, auch wenn die Energiepreise zuletzt zurückgegangen sind. Die Ausrüstungsinvestitionen und der Bau dürften sogar schrumpfen, Rückenwind könnte dagegen von der staatlichen Nachfrage kommen. [mehr]