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Fitch cuts 2023 global growth forecast to 1.4% on high inflation

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December 6, 2022, 6:45 pm
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London—World GDP forecasts for 2023 have been revised down again as central banks intensify their fight against inflation and the outlook for China’s property market deteriorates, says Fitch Ratings in its latest Global Economic Outlook report.

Fitch now expects world GDP to grow by 1.4 percent in 2023, revised down from 1.7 percent in the September 2022 GEO.

Fitch has lowered its forecast for US 2023 growth to 0.2 percent, from 0.5 percent, as the pace of monetary policy tightening increases.

Fitch also cut its China 2023 growth forecast to 4.1 percent, from 4.5 percent, as prospects for a recovery in housebuilding fade. China’s 2022 growth forecast remains at 2.8 percent as the surge in Covid-19 cases weighs on activity in the near term.

It revised up eurozone 2023 growth slightly to 0.2 percent, from -0.1 percent, as the European gas crisis has eased a little, but sharper ECB rate rises will weigh on demand.

“Taming inflation is proving to be harder than expected as price pressures broaden and become more entrenched. Central bankers are having to take the gloves off. That won’t be good for growth,” said Brian Coulton, chief economist of Fitch Ratings.

The risk of European natural gas shortages and rationing this winter has receded as LNG imports have surged and gas consumption has fallen. But the crisis is far from over and high wholesale gas prices continue to weigh heavily on firms’ costs and household budgets.

Inflation has exceeded forecasts – recently hitting 11% in the eurozone and UK – and core inflation is rising. Increasing services inflation is offsetting the benefits of easing supply-chain pressures.

Labor market imbalances are not improving as unemployment remains low and vacancies elevated. With tight labor market conditions, wages are chasing prices and are growing at 7% in the US, 6% in the UK and, on some measures, at above 5% in the eurozone.

“We expect headline inflation to fall significantly in 2023 as food and energy prices stabilize. But core inflation pressures are expected to be more persistent,” Fitch said.

The Fed, ECB and Bank of England have recently been raising rates in outsized moves. “Our latest forecasts for the peak in Fed rates – at 5 percent – and ECB – at 3 percent – have been revised up by 100bp since September,” it said.

It said the latest 4.75-percent peak forecast for the BOE has been revised up by 150bp since the previous GEO.

“We do not anticipate a pivot to rate cuts until 2024,” it said.

The impact of monetary tightening on the economy is already visible – particularly in housing markets – but broader effects on demand and job markets will become more apparent over time, it said.

Recessions are anticipated in the eurozone and UK starting in late 2022 and in the US in 2Q23 and 3Q23. Unemployment is likely to rise to above 5 percent in the US and UK in 2023, it said.

Policy tensions—as governments seek to cushion households from shocks while central banks fight inflation—could result in missteps that increase risks to growth. Hidden leverage in parts of the non-bank financial sector – as seen in the recent UK gilts crisis – could also be a wider source of risk as real interest rates rise.

China’s economic slowdown has eased pressure on global commodity prices, but the country is a huge net supplier of goods and pandemic-related disruptions to exports could hit global manufacturing supply chains.

However, the recent easing in global supply-chain tensions could provide a bigger boost to world GDP than we anticipate, Fitch said.

Tags: 2023 World GDP forecastsFitch Ratingsglobal economic outlookInflation
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