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Global Macro Outlook

May 2018

2

Global macro outlook

- Global economy: as good as it gets?

- The return of inflation?

- Finally higher interest rates?

- Is a global trade war a serious risk?

- Where is the eurodollar heading?

May 2018

3

Return to normal or something worse?

4

Some weakness in Q1

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4.0

Q3 2013 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015 Q3 2015 Q1 2016 Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q3 2017 Q1 2018

Economic activity in US and Eurozone

Average of quarterly growth US-Eurozone

May 2018

5

Leading indicators still looking fine

-4

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

Jun-99 Jun-01 Jun-03 Jun-05 Jun-07 Jun-09 Jun-11 Jun-13 Jun-15 Jun-17

Business confidence in US and Eurozone

Standard deviation of LT-average

May 2018

6

Eurozone: confidence boost for capex

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105

110

115

120

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

Q1 2000 Q1 2003 Q1 2006 Q1 2009 Q1 2012 Q1 2015 Q1 2018

Eurozone capex

Investment (annual change) Economic sentiment (rhs)

May 2018

7

Eurozone: upbeat consumers

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

Q1 1999 Q1 2002 Q1 2005 Q1 2008 Q1 2011 Q1 2014 Q1 2017

Eurozone consumer spending

Consumer spending (annual change) Consumer confidence (rhs)

May 2018

8

US curve flattest since 2007

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-0.5

0.0

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1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

May-88 May-91 May-94 May-97 May-00 May-03 May-06 May-09 May-12 May-15 May-18

US yield curve

Recession Curve 10-2

May 2018

9

What could possibly go wrong?

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Q1 1970 Q1 1975 Q1 1980 Q1 1985 Q1 1990 Q1 1995 Q1 2000 Q1 2005 Q1 2010 Q1 2015

World economy

May 2018

Real GDP (annual change in %)

Oil

Oil + FedUS housing +

Savings&Loans Asian crisis

Tech bubble

Housing

10

Bottlenecks in the economy

11

Increasing capacity utilization in the Eurozone

65

70

75

80

85

90

Q1 1985 Q1 1989 Q1 1993 Q1 1997 Q1 2001 Q1 2005 Q1 2009 Q1 2013 Q1 2017

Capacity utilization in the Eurozone

In %

May 2018

12

Unemployment rates hit multi-decade lows

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

May-58 May-63 May-68 May-73 May-78 May-83 May-88 May-93 May-98 May-03 May-08 May-13

Unemployment rates

US Germany Japan

May 2018

13

Increasing tightness in the Belgian labour market

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Q1 1995 Q1 1997 Q1 1999 Q1 2001 Q1 2003 Q1 2005 Q1 2007 Q1 2009 Q1 2011 Q1 2013 Q1 2015 Q1 2017

Belgian labour market

Difficulties in finding skilled labour (NBB, rhs, inverted)

May 2018

14

Signs of increasing wage growth in the US

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5

10

15

20

25

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

Q2 1994 Q2 1998 Q2 2002 Q2 2006 Q2 2010 Q2 2014 Q2 2018

US wages

Private sector wages (ECI, annual change in %)

SME plans to raise compensation (3Q earlier, rhs)

May 2018

15

And in the Eurozone

7

8

9

10

11

12

130.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

Q1 1999 Q1 2001 Q1 2003 Q1 2005 Q1 2007 Q1 2009 Q1 2011 Q1 2013 Q1 2015 Q1 2017

Eurozone wage growth

Earnings per employee (annual change in %) Unemployment rate (lhs, inverted)

May 2018

16

The end of free money

17

US inflation set to pick up

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30

40

50

60

70

80

90

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-2.0

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Apr-99 Apr-01 Apr-03 Apr-05 Apr-07 Apr-09 Apr-11 Apr-13 Apr-15 Apr-17

Surveys suggest rising inflation risk

Headline inflation ISM prices paid

Annual change in %

May 2018

18

The end of free money...

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-500

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19

Central bank liquidity

Fed ECB BoJ BoE SNB Total

May 2018

12m change in central bank balance sheets (in bn dollar)

19

Raising interest rates

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Jan-95 Jan-97 Jan-99 Jan-01 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Jan-17

Policy rate in DM

Unweighted average Fed, ECB,

BoJ, BoE, BoC (in %)

May 2018

20

Increasing interest rates in the US

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

May-88 May-91 May-94 May-97 May-00 May-03 May-06 May-09 May-12 May-15 May-18

US interest rates

2y 10y Fed

May 2018

21

US government headed for massive deficits

-10.0

-8.0

-6.0

-4.0

-2.0

0.0

2.0

4.0

1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028

US public finances

Budget balance Recession

As a % of GDP

22

Waiting for the ECB

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

May-80 May-83 May-86 May-89 May-92 May-95 May-98 May-01 May-04 May-07 May-10 May-13 May-16

German interest rates

German 10y US 10y ECB

May 2018

23

Markets remain very relaxed about interest rates

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3Mo 6Mo 1Yr 2Yr 3Yr 4Yr 5Yr 6Yr 7Yr 8Yr 9Yr 10Yr 15Yr 20Yr 30Yr

Belgian forward curve

Current 2yr forward 5yr forward

May 2018

24

Trade war

25

High impact, low probability risk

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

Jan-00 Jul-01 Jan-03 Jul-04 Jan-06 Jul-07 Jan-09 Jul-10 Jan-12 Jul-13 Jan-15 Jul-16 Jan-18

Global trade

Index (2010 = 100)

May 2018

26

About that Chinese trade surplus...

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018

Current account balance

US China

As a % of GDP

May 2018

27

Commodities

28

Rising commodity prices

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120

140

160

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May-03 May-05 May-07 May-09 May-11 May-13 May-15 May-17

Commodity prices

Industrial metals Oil (rhs)

May 2018

29

US shale reacts to oil prices

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May-03 May-05 May-07 May-09 May-11 May-13 May-15 May-17

US oil production

US rigs in operation Oil (usd per barrel, rhs)

May 2018

30

Emerging markets

31

Commodity prices are boosting EM

-2.5

-2.0

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

Q1 2000 Q1 2002 Q1 2004 Q1 2006 Q1 2008 Q1 2010 Q1 2012 Q1 2014 Q1 2016 Q1 2018

Business confidence in EM

Commodity exporters Commodity importers

Standard deviation of LT-average

May 2018

32

Vulnerable EM under pressure

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1.0

2.0

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4.0

5.0

6.0

May-13 Jan-14 Sep-14 May-15 Jan-16 Sep-16 May-17 Jan-18

Turkey

Turkish lira to euro

May 2018

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

May-13 Jan-14 Sep-14 May-15 Jan-16 Sep-16 May-17 Jan-18

Argentina

Argentine peso to euro

33

Eurodollar outlook

34

Eurodollar back at LT-average

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0.9

1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

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1.7

Jan-90 Jan-93 Jan-96 Jan-99 Jan-02 Jan-05 Jan-08 Jan-11 Jan-14 Jan-17

Dollar per euro

May 2018

35

Monetary policy pushing in favour of the dollar

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1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

Jan-95 Jan-97 Jan-99 Jan-01 Jan-03 Jan-05 Jan-07 Jan-09 Jan-11 Jan-13 Jan-15 Jan-17 Jan-19

Policy rate

Fed ECB Fed plans ECB plans

May 2018

36

Interest rate differential in favour of the dollar

-2.0

-1.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

1

1.1

1.2

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1.6

1.7

Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18

Dollar and interest rates

Eurodollar Real 2y interest rate differential (rhs)

May 2018

37

Disappointing data in the Eurozone

-150

-100

-50

0

50

100

Jun-14 Dec-14 Jun-15 Dec-15 Jun-16 Dec-16 Jun-17 Dec-17

Economic surprise index

US Eurozone

May 2018

38

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

135

140

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Economic activity

Italy Germany

May 2018

Real GDP per capita (index, 1991 = 100)

Italian concerns

39

Global macro outlook

- Decent growth to continue in the near term

- End of free money

- Higher volatility in financial markets

- Geopolitical risks

- Dollar likely to strengthen

May 2018

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