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Interest Rates Outlook

Trump's first step towards a trade war

Monday, 03 February 2025, written by Maarten Spek

The US is significantly increasing import tariffs on Mexican, Canadian and Chinese goods. What is the impact of this on the economy and what does it mean for the outlook for short-term and long-term interest rates in Europe and the US?

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Previous reports

Trump’s policies will increase the upside potential for US interest rates

Monday, 20 January 2025

Many of Trump's economic plans cause more upward pressure on inflation and thus U.S. interest rates. However, we doubt this will hold true for the second half of this year....
 

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Divergence and convergence between US and European interest rates

Monday, 06 January 2025

Trump’s policies and stimulus measures in China and Europe will largely determine the direction of interest rates this year. In the first few months this will mainly benefit the U.S. economy and interest rates, but after that we expect a turnaround with European interest rates rising.
 

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Mounting pressure on the ECB to provide sharp rate cuts

Monday, 09 December 2024

The economic differences between the U.S. and Europe are large and will remain so, or will even widen, early next year. What does this mean for European and U.S. interest rates in general and 2- and 5-year IRS swap rates in particular?

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Past Predictions

Readers frequently inquire about the accuracy of our predictions and whether we track them. Naturally, we don't possess a crystal ball, and the primary objective of our analyses is to present our readers with the most probable scenarios in the medium term. However, we do provide specific exchange rate predictions and in general they have been quite accurate. 

Below are our forecasts for US and German 10-year government bonds for the period from January to December 2023.