每日宏观动态
US wholesale inflation broadly as expected
US: PPI (Oct.): 0.3% m/m vs 0.4% expected (prior: 1.4% revised from 1.3%)
- PPI y/y: 6.5% vs 6.6% expected (prior: 6.3%)
- Core PPI: 0.3% m/m as expected (prior: 0.8% revised from 0.7%); 5.0% y/y as expected (prior: 5.0%)
- The annual increase in the producer price index rose to the highest level since 2022 but came in a tad below expectations.
- Inflation pressures were relatively broad-based, with particularly strong increases in food prices (+1.3%) and transportation and warehousing costs (+2%). Trucking costs are now up 20% y/y.
- Core goods prices increased 0.5% over the month vs only +0.2% for core services. Energy prices did not contribute to the monthly increase.
- On the positive side, components that enter into the PCE deflator such as airfares and healthcare costs came in soft.
- This report does not contain any major surprises - the Fed will most likely raise interest rates by 25 bp in December.
UK: sustained Q3 GDP growth
US: Initial jobless claims (Nov.7): 200k vs 194k expected (prior: 191k revised from 189k)
- Continuing claims: 1697 k after 1717 k the prior month.
US: Existing home sales (Oct.): 3.75M vs 3.85M expected (prior: 3.97M revised from 3.99M)
- Sales have decreased for both single-family houses (-5.8% m/m) and multifamily houses (-2.9% m/m).
- Inventories have increased over the month; median prices were up by 0.4% y/y (1.3% y/y the prior month).
Sweden: CPI (Oct.): 0% m/m as expected (prior: 0.9%)
- Prices have declined over the month for clothes, household goods, leisure and education while housing utilities have increased. Core inflation was down by 0.1% m/m (-0.2% m/m prior month).
- Yearly trend declined from 1.5% y/y prior month to 1.1% y/y, and core inflation from 0.5% y/y prior month to 0.1% y/y.
UK: RICS house price balance (Oct.): -36% vs -34% expected (prior: -34% revised from -32%)
- Consensus has decreased about prices, current and future sales over the month.
UK: GDP (Q3-26): 0.7% q/q as expected (prior: 0.5%)
- Growth was more sustained in Q3 and in line with expectations. Domestic demand was firmer over the quarter.
- Consumption was up by 0.6%q after 0.3%q and total investment up by 1.7%q (0.9%q in Q2).
- Net trade was a drag on growth after positive contribution in Q2.
- Based on sectors, transport and business services were the main drivers of the quarterly growth. AI, new technologies and business services have supported growth.
UK: Industrial production (Sept.): 0.3% m/m vs -0.4% expected (prior: 0.7% revised from 0.8%)
- Manufacturing production was up by 0.7% m/m (the same as prior month), construction was up by 0.8% m/m (-0.5% m/m prior month) and services up by 0.2% m/m (-0.1% m/m prior month).
German inflation declined thanks to lower tax on oil
Germany: CPI (Oct.): -0.1% m/m as expected (prior: 0.6%)
- Final data confirmed the fall in monthly inflation due to renewed lower domestic taxes on petrol.
- Prices of transport came lower over the month, with petrol prices down by 5.5% m/m (6.9% m/m prior month); leisure prices have also decreased.
- Separately, prices of clothes, communication and household energy have increased over the month.
- Yearly trend has declined from 3.3% y/y prior month to 2.8% y/y.
Italy: Industrial production (Sept.): 1.2% m/m vs 0.7% expected (prior: -1.2% revised from -1.3%)
- Industrial activity has rebounded after a large fall the prior month.
- The rebound was centered on capital and intermediate goods, while production of energy and durable consumer goods has declined over the month.
US: inflation pressures not only due to energy but food, services and some goods
US: NFIB Small Business optimism (Oct.): 97.8 vs 98.2 expected (prior: 97.9)
- Business sentiment has slightly decreased over the month.
- Details offered a mixed picture: sentiment has increased on economic outlook and hirings, while opinions decreased on credit conditions; selling prices are on the rise.
US: CPI (Oct.): 0.4% m/m vs 0.3% expected (prior: 0.6%)
- Core inflation was up by 0.3% m/m after 0.2% m/m prior month.
- Many prices were firmer over the month, leading to a wider rise in inflation across different services and goods, and not only due to the energy sector; this confirmed the picture already seen in Sept., of wider inflation pointing to the need for the Fed to hike further with no more delay.
- Energy prices were up by 0.7% m/m (5.2% m/m prior month) due to rising prices of gasoline (1% m/m) and other energy products.
- Food prices came higher, up by 0.5% m/m after 0% m/m prior month; many products have contributed to the monthly rebound.
- Good prices were up by 0.2% m/m (0.3% m/m); some sectors have shown firmer rebound such as furniture, appliances and recreation products.
- Services were up by 0.3% m/m (0.4% m/m prior month); transport was up by 0.8% m/m and recreation services were up by 0.9% m/m, while shelter costs remained on regular trend of 0.3% m/m.
- As there was no index released in Oct. 2025, there is no official yearly trend data; nevertheless, we can estimate that yearly data should come in a 3.7-4.1% y/y range next month and core inflation in a 2.7-2.9% y/y range.
France: Unemployment rate (Q3-26): 8.2% vs 8.4% expected (prior: 8.3%)
- Unemployment has slightly decreased over the quarter.
Norway: CPI (Oct.): 0.3% m/m (prior: 0.5%)
- Prices of clothes, food, health and communication have decreased over the month, while they sharply rebounded for household goods and utilities.
- Yearly trend has accelerated to 3.6% y/y (3.4% y/y prior month), but core inflation decreased from 3.0% y/y to 2.7% y/y.
Sweden: Industrial production (Sept.): -0.5% m/m (prior: 0.5%)
- Industrial activity was down by 3.2% m/m while services remained flat over the month.
Turkey: Industrial production (Sept.): 2.1% m/m (prior: -0.9% revised from -1.0%)
- Industrial activity has rebounded in manufacturing and energy sectors over the month.
Germany’s exports and imports strengthened sharply at the end of the third quarter
US: Wholesale inventories (Sept.): 0.7% m/m vs 0.6% expected (prior: 0.6%)
- Wholesale trade sales rose 2.8% m/m (vs 1.1% expected) after +2.0% in August.
- Wholesale sales ex autos rose by a solid 3.1%.
Germany: Trade Balance (Sept.): 15.6bn EUR vs 19.bn expected (prior: 17.9bn revised from 19.5bn)
- Exports were up 2% m/m (vs 0.5% expected and -0.4% m/m prior month); exports remained sustained to Europe, while they decreased to US and China.
- Imports were stronger, up 4.2% m/m (vs 0.5% expected and 0.6% m/m prior month); imports were robust from all major regions over the month.
Norway: PPI incl. Oil (Oct.): 6.7% m/m (prior: 12.4%)
- The yearly change accelerated from 48.8% y/y prior month to 59.0% y/y, which is the highest level since the end of 2022.