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May 09, 2025 | The Week Ahead

The Week Ahead – Highly Uncertain

In the week to date, the major themes remain around tariffs, policy and uncertainty, and what central banks will make of it all. Weaker growth but higher inflation could leave central banks in a tricky spot. In the week ahead, our focus in the US will be on April retail sales and CPI, and the latest tariff developments. In Europe, we recap the central bank meetings over the past week and look ahead to UK labour market and GDP data. Then we turn to Japan to consider Q1 growth, as well as tariff and trade negotiations.

speakers

Andrew Ticehurst

Week Ahead Podcast Host & Australia Economist

David Seif

Chief Economist for Developed Markets

George Buckley

Chief UK & Euro Area Economist

Kengo Tanahashi

Economist, Japan

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