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Advanced Economies Previous Uptick in Confidence in Advanced Economies Vanishes
Emerging and Developing EconomiesEmerging Markets and Developing Economies Face a Renewed Downturn
Special BoxThe South Caucasus Countries between Russia and the European Union
Special TopicMeasuring Experts’ Macroeconomic Models
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ifo World Economic Climate Deteriorates
Previous Uptick in Confidence in Advanced Economies Vanishes 3
Emerging Markets and Developing Economies Face a Renewed Downturn 6
The South Caucasus Countries between Russia and the European Union 10
Measuring Experts’ Macroeconomic Models 13
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The World Economic Survey (WES) assesses global economic trends by polling transnational and national organ-izations worldwide on current economic developments in their respective countries. Its results offer a rapid, up-to-date assessment of the current economic situation internationally. In July 2019, 1,173 economic experts in 116 countries were polled.
METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUE
The survey questionnaire focuses on qualitative information: assessments of a country’s general economic situation and expectations regarding key economic indicators. It has proven to be a useful tool, since it reveals economic changes earlier than conventional business statistics.
The qualitative questions in the World Economic Survey have three possible categories: “good / better / higher” (+) for a positive assessment or improvement, “satisfactory / about the same / no change” (=) for a neutral assessment, and “bad / worse / lower” (−) for a negative assessment or deterioration. The individual replies are combined for each country without weighting as an arithmetic mean of all survey responses in the respective country. Thus, the respective percentage shares for (+), (=), and (−) are calculated for the time t for each qualitative question and for each country. The balance is the difference between (+) and (−) shares. As a result, the balance ranges from –100 points to +100 points. The mid-range lies at 0 points and is reached if the share of positive and negative answers is equal.
The survey results are published as aggregated data. The weighting factors used to aggregate the country results into country groups or regions are calculated using each country’s gross domestic product based on pur-chasing power parity.
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The ifo World Economic Climate has clouded over. The indicator fell from −2.4 to −10.1 points in the third quar-ter (see Figure 1). The falling trend of the indicator was interrupted due to easing trade tensions last survey. With the resurgence of the trade dispute this quarter the downward tendency of the economic climate indicator resumed. Both the assessment of the current situation and expectations dropped significantly. The intensi-fication of the trade conflict is having a considerable detrimental effect on the world economy. The economic climate deteriorated in all regions (see Figure 2). In the advanced economies and in Asia’s emerging and devel-oping economies, experts have revised both their assess-ment of the situation and expectations downwards. By contrast, in Latin America, the Commonwealth of Inde-pendent States, and the Middle East and North Africa, only the assessment of the situation was more negative, while estimates for the months ahead remained broadly unchanged. The experts expect significantly weaker growth in world trade. Trade expectations are at their lowest level since the outbreak of the trade conflict last year (see Figure 8). Respondents also expect weaker private consump-tion, lower investment activity, and declining short- and long-term interest rates (see Figure 9).
PREVIOUS UPTICK IN CONFIDENCE IN ADVANCED ECONOMIES VANISHES
The previous uptick in confi-dence amongst WES experts in the advanced economies van-ished again this survey. As a result, the economic climate indicator dropped from –2.2 points to –8.2 points (see Figure 10.1). The main downward risk is the potential escalation of the trade tensions between the US and China. Trade expecta-tions are at their lowest level since 2009 (see Figure 8). Also, weaker private consumption and lower investment activity is expected. An increasing pro-
portion of experts expect short- and long-term interest rates to fall.
In the euro area, the economic climate indicator hardly changed. There was a minor drop from –6.3 to –6.7 points. This is similar compared to the European Union as a whole, where the indicator dropped by 0.6 points to –9.7 points on the balance scale. Assess-ments of the current situation in the euro area deterio-rated further, whereas the economic expectations remain at the same unfavorable level as previous sur-vey. Economic activity lacks momentum. Respondents expect hardly any growth in consumption, invest-ments, and exports. External uncertainty in the form of growing protectionism and Brexit is mostly hindering manufacturing and trade. Consumption remains strong, although no further growth is expected. The euro area panelists continue to assume an inflation
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rate of 1.5 percent for the current year. This is some-what lower than the inflation rate of 1.8 percent expected in the European Union (see Figure 4). An increasing share of experts expect short- and long-term interest rates to fall. WES experts’ assessments for Ger-many have clouded over again, taking on a gloomier tone for both the situation and expectations (see Figure 11.2). The climate indicator fell in France, too, but solely because of more pessimistic expectations; the current situation was assessed somewhat less nega-tively (see Figure 11.1). In Italy and Spain, both the assessment of the present situation and economic expectations have been revised upwards (see Figures 11.2 and 11.3). Italy’s experts are much less pessimistic about the coming months. The economic climate in Greece reached positive numbers again for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2007. With 3.9 points on the balance scale, the economic climate reached its highest level in more than ten years. The main improve-ment was seen in the economic outlook, which is con-siderably more optimistic than in recent surveys. Also, the assessment of the current situation improved, but remains at an unfavorable level. This positive turn in sentiment among the WES respondents in Greece might be due to the recent election on July 7, 2019, where, as the opinion polls had anticipated, the con-servative New Democracy party won a majority in par-liament. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pro-posed a business-friendly policy mix, but the strict fiscal targets that the government is committed to could weigh down recovery (The Guardian 2019). Experts still judge investment and consumption to be weak, however they expect growth in the months ahead. The economic climate for Finland worsened considerably. The experts assess the current situation as less favorable than before. They are also more skep-tical about economic developments in the near future.
The economic climate in the United States lost some of its momentum. The climate indicator dropped by 9.2 points to 5.2 points on the balance scale. The cur-rent situation is still assessed as very favorable, but expectations clouded over even further (see Figure 11.3). Both investment and trade are facing headwinds, due to a general global slowdown; the only positive note is private spending. Monetary conditions remain expansive as the supply of bank credit to firms remains unconstrained, according to WES experts (see Table 1). In addition, the share of respondents that expect a decrease in short- and long-term interest rates rose considerably (see Figure 9). The Fed already moved in this direction with its recent interest rate cut on the July 31 – its first cut since 2008 (CNBC 2019). For the remainder of 2019, trade tensions between the US and China will be the highest risk for the US economy. In recent weeks, trade talks appear to have stalled due to disagreements over Huawei, while US President Trump has threatened to impose more tariffs on USD 300 bil-lion worth of Chinese imports (CNBC 2019). In Japan, the economic climate indicator dropped to its lowest
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IFO BUSINESS CYCLE CLOCK FOR THE WORLD ECONOMYA glance at the ifo Business Cycle Clock, showing the development of the two components of the economic climate in recent years, can provide a useful overview of the global medium-term forecast. The business cycle typically proceeds clockwise in a circular fashion, with expectations leading assessments of the present situation.
According to the results of the July survey, the ifo indicator for the world economy dropped. After the temporary improvement of expec-tations in the last survey, experts turned substantially more pessimis-tic (see Figure 3.1). In combination with a negative economic situa-tion, the indicator entered the recession quadrant. On a global scale, last quarter’s rekindled confidence largely faded away.
Figure 3.1
To further analyze which countries are the main drivers behind this slight deterioration, we took the main advanced economies and key emerging markets in the Business Cycle Clock above and plotted them below to visualize the change from the previous quarter to the current quarter (see Figure 3.2). All advanced economies are now in either the downturn or the recession quadrant. Respondents revised their economic expectations downwards for Germany, the United States, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Experts in the United States and Germany additionally scaled back their positive assess-ments of the current situation. The Netherlands saw the largest dete-rioration of the present economic situation, while Japan experienced the strongest drop in expectations. Out of all advanced economies, only in Spain and Italy did both indicators improve slightly. The emerging markets of South Africa and Brazil remain in the upturn quadrant. They are joined by India, which moved from the boom quadrant as a result of a drastic deterioration in its current situation. Expectations for South Africa were revised considerably upwards, while China saw its economic outlook cloud over again. Brazil stayed nearly at the same position as last survey.
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The ifo World Economic Climate is the geometric mean of the assessments of the current situation and economic expectations for the next six months. The correlation of the two components can be illustrated in a four-quadrant diagram (the ifo Busi-ness Cycle Clock). The assessments of the present economic situation are positioned along the X-axis, the responses on economic expectations on the Y-axis. The diagram is divided into four quadrants, representing the four phases of the business cycle. For example, the upturn phase (top left quadrant) represents negative assessments and at the same time positive expectations.
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level since the third quarter of 2009. While assessments of the present economic situation were marginally less unfavorable than in the previous survey, respondents turned very pessimistic regarding the months to come (see Figure 11.2). The expectations indicator dropped by 36.4 to –79.3 points. This is the most pessimistic that Japanese experts have been in the history of the WES. Besides the effects from the trade disputes between China and the US, there is additional headwind coming from the trade war between Japan and South Korea. Japan set some administrative requirements for com-panies looking to export to South Korea certain chemi-cals that are used for the production of computer chips, display panels, and other high-tech products (The Dip-lomat 2019). A planned sales tax hike for October this year might not prove as detrimental as expected (Nohara 2019). Private consumption has not picked up in preparation for the tax hike, and WES experts don’t expect any further growth. Inflation for 2019 dropped slightly and amounts to 0.8 percent for 2019. Experts revised their inflation forecast for 2024 upwards to 1.4 percent (see Figure 4). Economic sentiment in Canada improved. The economic climate brightened further, as the current situation was more favorably assessed than in the previous survey. Experts also turned slightly more positive for the months ahead (see Figure 11.1). Private spending remains strong. Investment, on the other hand, weakened somewhat compared to the pre-vious survey, but is likely to rebound in the coming months. Inflation is forecast to be 1.9 percent in 2019; this is a 0.1 percentage point upward revision since last quarter. Medium-term inflation expectations amount to 2.1 percent, which is unchanged from previous sur-vey (see Figure 4). Trade volumes are not expected to expand in the coming months. The economy of the United Kingdom is expected to perform poorly. The recent appointment of Boris Johnson as prime minister did not alter the uncertainty regarding Brexit, such that leaving with a deal, a no-deal Brexit, as well as a No-Brexit all remain on the table. The current situation was assessed as marginally better than previous sur-vey, albeit remaining at a negative level. The forecast for the coming six months deteriorated further, as experts kept their pessimistic outlook (see Figure 11.3). The only positive change over the previous quarter is a slight improvement in domestic consumption.
The economic climate for other advanced econo-mies remains subdued (see Figure 10.2). Both compo-nents of the climate indicator dropped, and the country group moved into the slight recession quadrant of the ifo Business Cycle Clock (see Figure 2). Confidence in trade activity is at its lowest levels since 2009 and is expected to decrease further in the coming months. Especially the Asian countries in this country group, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Tai-wan, see a lack of momentum in their economies. Only the climate indicator for South Korea moved upwards, although it remains negative (see Figures 11.2 and 11.3). Hong Kong saw a very sharp drop in its economic
climate indicator as experts turned extremely pessi-mistic regarding the six-month economic outlook and downgraded the assessments for the current situation as well. The current political unrest there as a response against the proposed bill allowing extradition to China is likely to hurt business and consumer confidence (CNA 2019). In Denmark, the economic climate indica-tor fell by 20 points and lies now at –0.6 points on the balance scale. This is still near the zero line, which indi-cates economic growth according to trend. It is never-theless the lowest value of this indicator since 2013. This decline was a result of less favorable assessments of the current situation and a more pessimistic eco-nomic outlook. Inflation was revised downwards and is now forecast to be 1.1 percent in 2019. Medium-term inflation remains at 1.6 percent (see Figure 4). The eco-nomic climate in Switzerland remains stable. WES experts remain slightly skeptical regarding economic prospects but valued the current situation more favora-bly than in the previous survey. Both forecasts for short- and medium-term inflation were revised down-wards. Experts now expect inflation for 2019 to be 0.6 percent, while inflation by 2024 is expected to be 1.0 percent (see Figure 4). In Norway, Sweden, and Israel a bright economic climate persists, with the best eco-nomic prospects for Norway. In Norway and Israel, the current situation improved but experts turned more skeptical for the months ahead. In Sweden, in contrast, the current economic sentiment was downgraded, but remains favorable. Respondents have more optimistic projections for the months ahead (see Figure 11.3). The economic climate in Australia brightened, but at –6.8 points remains below the zero line (see Figure 11.1). The current situation saw hardly any change in its unfavora-ble assessment. The economic outlook improved con-siderably and experts expect no further slowdown of the Australian economy. Trade expectations turned negative, especially for export volumes. The inflation forecast for 2019 was revised downwards by 0.4 per-centage points to 1.6 percent. Regarding medium-term inflation, experts also revised their expectations down-wards to 2.3 percent from 2.6 percent (see Figure 4). In New Zealand, the economic climate indicator reached 14.0 balance points – its lowest level since the third quarter of 2009 (see Figure 11.2). This was mainly due to the current situation deteriorating considerably. The expectations, in contrast, saw only a marginal decline, and remain negative. Above all, the WES experts see investment contracting. The Czech Republic has now experienced a downward tendency in its economic cli-mate indicator for four consecutive quarters (see Fig-ure 11.1). Whereas the indicator stayed around the zero line in the previous survey, this time it dropped further to –7.9 points on the balance scale. The current situa-tion remains favorable, but less pronounced than three months ago. Regarding economic developments in the next six months, respondents remain as pessimistic as previous survey.
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EMERGING MARKETS AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES FACE A RENEWED DOWNTURN
The slight recovery in the economic climate of emerg-ing markets and developing economies seen in the second quarter was only short-lived. Assessments of the present economic situation reached –24.6 points, the most negative level since early 2017. Economic expectations turned skeptical again, suggesting there will be no substantial improvement to current weak economic conditions in the months ahead (see Figure 10.1). Similar to advanced economies, trade expecta-tions are at their lowest level in ten years, reflecting the intensification of the trade conflict (see Figure 8).
The economic climate continues to remain weak for all subgroups of this aggregate (see Figure 10.2). Nevertheless, the regions are in different stages of the business cycle, following the classification of the ifo Business Cycle Clock (see Figure 2). Emerging and developing Europe and the Commonwealth of Inde-pendent States remain in “recession”, as experts’ assessments of the present situation and economic outlook remain pessimistic. Latin America, the Mid-dle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa are still situated in the upturn phase. These regions cur-rently report a weak economic situation but expect it to improve in the months ahead. The slight recovery seen in the emerging markets of Asia was only temporary. Economic experts revised their appraisals of the pres-ent economic situation and economic expectations downwards. This group has shifted back into the “slight recession” quadrant of the Business Cycle Clock (see Figure 2).
The economic climate for important emerging markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – BRICS) clouded over again, after a slight improvement in the second quarter. The indicator fell to –18.1 balance points, from –5.6 in the previous quar-ter (see Figure 10.1). The assessment of the present eco-nomic situation was the most negative since the end of 2016. This mainly reflects the strong downward revi-sion for India. Here, the current situation is as weak as in late 2014 (see Figure 12.2). This led to a slightly nega-tive economic climate (−1.3 points), despite some uptick in the economic outlook. India’s experts reported waning consumption and investments; they consider credit to firms as constrained (see Table 1). Neither do they expect much impetus from the export sector. The economic climate for Russia and China deteriorated again, after having improved at a low level in the second quarter. In both countries, assessments of the present economic situation are more negative than three months ago. The economic outlook for China turned pessimistic again, probably due to weak trade expectations reflecting the persisting trade con-flict (see Figure 12.1). Chinese respondents expect pri-vate consumption and investment activity to remain weak. As a result, China moved deeper in the “reces-sion” quadrant of ifo Business Cycle Clock (see Figures
3.2 and 5). Russia also remains in the “recession” quad-rant, although economic expectations became less pessimistic than three quarters ago (see Figure 12.3). Inflation for 2019 continued to ease from 5.8 to 5.2 per-cent, whereas the estimated inflation figure in five years’ time went up by 0.8 percentage points to 5.9 per-cent (see Figure 4). More experts than in the previous survey expect short- and long-term interest rates to fall in the coming six months. There were hardly any changes in the economic conditions of Brazil: the eco-nomic climate indicator dropped slightly from –21.0 to –23.2 balance points (see Figure 12.1). The present eco-nomic situation remains weak and economic expecta-tions are slightly less optimistic (see Figures 3.2 and 5). Inflation expectations for 2019 and in five years’ time are nearly unchanged at 4.0 percent and 3.8 percent respectively (see Figure 4). A considerably greater share of experts than three months ago expect interest rates to fall in the months ahead (see Figure 9). Three quar-ters of Brazilian experts (compared to 60 percent in the first quarter of 2019) report bank credit to firms to be constrained (see Table 1). South Africa was the only country in the BRICS group where the economic cli-mate improved – although at –35.2 balance points, it remains very negative (see Figure 12.3). The assess-ment of the present economic situation was weaker as in the previous survey. But in combination with consid-erably more optimistic expectations, South Africa is heading back to a more consolidated upswing (see Fig-ures 3.2 and 5). The current weak performance of capi-tal expenditures and private consumption is expected to recover slightly in the course of the next six months. Most experts anticipate decreasing short- and long-term interest rates (see Figure 9). The expected infla-tion rate for 2019 was revised downwards from 5.3 to 4.7 percent (see Figure 4).
OTHER EMERGING MARKETS
In emerging and developing Asia, the climate indica-tor fell, from +2.1 to –12.1 balance points. This figure mainly reflects the negative developments in China and India.1 The ASEAN-5 countries (comprising Indo-nesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet-nam) saw a renewed downturn in their economic cli-mate, from 34.6 to 21.3 balance points. The present economic situation continued to deteriorate but remained at a satisfactory level. Economic expecta-tions are less positive than three months ago (see Fig-ure 10.1). Out of this group, the best economic climate was reported for Malaysia and the Philippines (see Fig-ures 12.2 and 12.3). The Malaysian economy is begin-ning to perk up and is likely to post higher than expected GDP growth in 2019, one expert added. The Malaysian ringgit is undervalued vis à vis the US dollar, which may work in the Malaysia’s favor in terms of export competitiveness.
1 For a more detailed description of China and India, see the BRICS section.
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The economic climate indicator for emerging and developing Europe continued its upward trend, improving from –17.0 to –8.9 points on the balance scale (see Figure 10.1). Assessments of both the present economic situation and economic expectations are less negative than three months ago. The country group, nevertheless, remains in the “recession” quad-rant of the ifo Business Cycle Clock (see Figure 2). Com-pared to the survey in January, a slightly lower share of respondents report bank credits to firms to be con-strained. This situation eased especially in Romania and Turkey, where in the first quarter of 2019 about 90 percent of experts saw bank lending as constrained: these shares decreased for Romania to 75 percent and for Turkey to about 67 percent (see Table 1). Inflation rate expectations for 2019 and in five years’ time increased in most countries of this region except Tur-key. Here, both rates are slightly lower than three months ago, but still rank among the highest in emerg-ing markets (see Figure 4). The Turkish experts had anticipated the massive interest rate cut from 24 per-cent to 19.75 percent of newly installed central bank chief Murat Uysal, as the majority of WES experts expected decreasing short- and long-term interest. The Turkish lira has steadied in recent months and experts even see it as overvalued vis à vis the four main curren-cies euro, US dollar, yen, and British pound. Amid these positive developments, the economic climate contin-ued to recover by 9.5 balance points to −33.3 (see Figure 12.3). With economic expectations turning positive for the first time in two years, the country moved from the “recession” into the “upturn” phase of the business cycle (see Figure 5). The economic climate for Romania improved, too, due to a positively revised present eco-nomic situation. In turn, economic expectations remain subdued. The best economic climate in this region cur-rently prevails in Bulgaria and Poland (see Figures 12.1 and 12.3). The climate’s two components, present situation and expectations, improved in both coun-tries; however, in Poland the economic outlook remains negative on balance.
The economic climate for Latin America deterio-rated slightly, from –21.1 to –26.4 balance points, due to considerably more negative assessments of the pres-ent situation. The economic outlook improved again, signalling some potential easing of current weak levels (see Figures 2 and 10.2). This region is also suffering from the trade tensions, and trade expectations reached their lowest levels in nearly four years (see Fig-ure 8). In contrast to recent surveys, WES experts no longer expect short- and long-term interest rates to rise within the next six months. Economic activity is expected to remain sluggish in Brazil2 and Mexico. The latter country experienced the worst economic cli-mate in the region and, at –55.1, reached its lowest level in over two years (see Figure 12.2). With very weak assessments of both the present economic situation and economic expectations, the country remains in the 2 For a more detailed description of Brazil, see the BRICS section.
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Latvia 61.5
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Spain 59.1
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France 48.3
Austria 46.2
Belgium 42.9
Slovakia 41.2
United Kingdom 38.5
Germany 31.8
Japan 25.9
Canada 23.5
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Finland 18.2
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Australia 73.3
Republic of Korea 37.5
Denmark 33.3
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Switzerland 19.2
Czech Republic 16.7
Taiwan 12.5
Sweden 11.1
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Turkey 66.7
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Hungary 46.2
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Pakistan 84.6
China 77.8
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Brazil 75.0
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Mexico 50.0
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Russian Federation 74.3
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“recession” phase of the ifo heatmap (see Figure 5). According to WES experts, flagging capital expendi-tures and private consumption show no signs of recov-ery in the next six months. While inflation is expected to remain contained (see Figure 4), the Mexican peso con-tinued to devalue against the US dollar and euro. Argentina saw a renewed brightening in its economic climate and the indicator rose by 32 points to –21.2 bal-ance points. This was tracked by exceptional optimistic economic expectations (see Figure 12.1). On the other hand, assessments of the present economic situation, investment, and consumption remain extraordinarily weak. At 42.7 percent, the inflation rate for 2019 remains in double digits and ranks besides Venezuela among the highest figures in the world (see Figure 4). Neverthe-less, the WES experts consider a cut in short- and long-term interest rates in the next six months as likely. The best economic climate in Latin America prevails in Chile at 13.5 balance points. In Colombia, too, the cli-mate indicator remains positive, despite some down-ward correction compared to the survey three months ago (see Figure 12.1). Assessments of the present eco-nomic situation turned negative in both countries this quarter. In contrast, experts have become more opti-mistic regarding the six-month economic outlook. In
both countries, credit to firms seems to be less con-strained than in other countries of this region (see Table 1).
The economic climate for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) deteriorated again and fell to –15.8 balance points, after having slightly recovered in the second quarter. The survey results continue to indicate weak economic performance with no signs of recovery in the months ahead (see Figures 2 and 10.2). This pattern certainly reflects economic developments in Russia, whose weight accounts for nearly 80 percent of this aggregate. Whereas inflation pressure in Russia is likely to recede, the experts surveyed expect higher price increases for 2019 for the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Georgia (see Figure 4). Most of the region’s curren-cies are continuing to lose some ground against the US dollar; Kazakhstan is an exception, with experts seeing the tenge more or less at its proper value vis à vis the US dollar. Ukraine’s central bank trimmed its key policy rate for the second time this year, a move that was anticipated by WES experts as the majority of them saw short-term interest rates falling in the near future. All Ukrainian respondents agree that the supply of credit to firms is constrained (see Table 1). The economic con-ditions deteriorated most in Georgia: its economic cli-
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World 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 8 8 1 5 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 7 7 3 7 8 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0United States 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 6 1 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 7 2 2 7 3 7 3 7 3 0
Canada 4 1 1 1 1 6 2 7 2 2 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 1 6 2 2 2 7 6 5 1 4 1 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 2 3 2 7 6 2 0Mexico 4 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 6 5 8 3 7 7 7 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 8 3 5 4 4 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euro area 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 7 7 0Germany 4 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 7 3 3 2 7 3 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 7 3 0
France 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 8 5 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 6 8 5 8 0Italy 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 8 4 4 4 4 4 0
Spain 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 1 5 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 4 5 5 1 6 2 7 6 2 6 3 3 3 3 0Netherlands 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 8 4 5 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 3 3 0
Austria 8 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 7 2 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 5 5 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 3 3 0Greece 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 4 3 7 4 8 4 7 8 8 4 4 4 0Switzerland 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 5 1 5 7 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 7 7 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 3 4 4 1 1 1 6 1 6 2 2 3 3 7 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 7 7 3 3 3 0Hungary 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 1 5 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 7 3 3 3 3 0
Poland 8 4 4 1 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 3 7 2 8 8 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 6 2 2 2 2 7 2 2 3 7 6 2 2 2 2 7 3 3 3 7 0Russia 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 8 3 2 3 3 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 5 1 4 5 4 4 8 4 0Turkey 4 4 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 2 2 8 6 6 6 5 8 8 8 8 4 5 4 4 8 3 8 1 4 4 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Japan 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 3 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 4 4 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 3 8 8 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0China 4 1 1 1 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 3 8 8 1 5 1 6 4 6 5 4 1 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 6 7 7 7 7 8 4 4 8 4 0India 4 5 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 2 6 2 2 5 2 2 1 6 2 6 7 2 6 1 0
South Korea 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 6 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 5 5 5 8 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 8 4 4 4 0Taiwan 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 6 6 7 8 4 1 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia 8 4 4 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 2 7 2 3 2 7 2 6 6 6 3 3 7 3 8 8 8 8 3 6 7 7 6 2 2 2 2 7 7 8 8 0Brazil 8 5 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 3 2 6 1 1 1 1 4 5 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 0
South Africa 4 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 5 4 7 5 8 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 0OPEC 4 4 8 5 5 6 2 5 5 2 1 6 2 2 2 6 2 7 2 3 2 2 2 7 3 3 8 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 1 1 4 1 8 4 5 5 0
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2015 2016 2017 2018 201920142009 2010 2011 2012 2013ᵃ The assessments of the current situation and economic expectations for the next six months are visualised by a four colour scheme that illustrates the four phases of a business cycle: boom, downturn, recession, upturn. The transition areas between these four phases are illustrated with lighter colours and are defined as follows: Slight boom when the current situation is smaller than +20. Slight downturn when expectations are between 0 and –20. Slight recession when the current situation is between 0 and –20. Slight upturn when expectations are smaller than +20.
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Special Box
THE SOUTH CAUCASUS COUNTRIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Tengiz Sultanishvili and Lysander Miliaras(PMC Research Center)
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, the three countries that make up the South Caucasus, have little in common in terms of ethnic, linguistic, or political-economic affinities. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the South Caucasus emerged as a region where Western and Eastern actors sought to expand, both politically and eco-nomically. This article reviews the South Caucasus countries’ political and economic relations with the European Union and Russia. First, a review of the core political economic interests and political relations of the EU and Russia in the South Cauca-sus region is set out. Second, we discuss whether political relations with the EU or Russia have an influence on trade activity.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus emerged as an area of competi-tion between the EU and Russia (see Figure 6.1). The two powers sought to expand their spheres of influence in the region. The President of Rus-sia, Vladimir Putin, considers the South Caucasus region to be part of Russia’s “sphere of influence” (The New York Times 2001). Any presence of West-ern powers such as the US or the EU in the South Caucasus region is considered a threat to Russia’s national security. In the South Caucasus region, Russia’s political relations are strongest with Arme-nia and weakest with Georgia, while Azerbaijan remains somewhere in between. Russia began to expand its economic and political presence in the region during the mid-1990s and targeted Arme-nia as a close ally in the process by acquiring a mil-itary base there in 1995. Armenia’s National Secu-rity Strategy document, drafted in 2007, states that
Armenia is in a “strategic partnership” with Russia. The country is a loyal member of the Common-wealth of Independent States (CIS). Armenia’s con-cerns about security stem from the Nagorno-Kara-bakh War, which has yet to be resolved. To protect themselves from Azerbaijan’s arms buildup, Arme-nia relies on Russia for security (Oddo 2019). These close political ties have contributed to the inter-connectivity between the economies of the two nations. This strengthened further as a result of Armenia’s membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union and the rejection of the planned Association Agreement (AA) with the EU in 2013 (New Eastern Europe 2019). After the Rose Revolution of 2003, Georgia rapidly shifted its foreign policy away from Russia to the US and the EU. Russia actively opposed Georgia’s pro-Western direction through energy disputes and a variety of sanctions on Georgian products in the early 2000s. The Russo-Georgian War of 2008 completely deteriorated political relations between Russia and Georgia. This resulted in Georgia’s immediate withdrawal from the CIS and Russia’s heavy sanctioning of Georgian products, affecting wine and tourism in particular. Politi-cal relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are characterized by cooperation in the oil sector, par-ticularly the transit of oil and gas from the Caspian basin to Europe. In attempts to take advantage of Azerbaijan’s valuable oil supply, Russia sought to position itself as a middleman in the transit of oil and gas from the Caspian basin to Europe to con-trol energy trade for the entire South Caucasus.From the European Union’s perspective, the ten-sions in the South Caucasus undermine the region’s potential as a land bridge linking Europe to Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. Therefore, despite Rus-sia’s opposition, in 2004 the EU launched the Euro-pean Neighborhood Policy (ENP) with 16 countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, in order to foster democratic processes, support the peaceful resolution of regional conflicts, and pre-vent further conflict. In 2009, as a specific dimen-
sion of the ENP, the EU started the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initia-tive with six post-Soviet countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in order to facilitate a common area of democracy, pros-perity, stability, and increased cooperation with Europe. Only Georgia signed an Association Agreement (AA) with the EU in 2014, and since then benefits from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Both Arme-nia and Azerbaijan have rejected the AA, partially due to concerns
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related to Russia, in 2013 and 2016 respectively. The EU’s cur-rent relationship with Azerbaijan is based on the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which has been in force since 1999 (Alieva, Delcour, and Kostanyan, n.d.). In 2004, Azerbaijan was one of sixteen nations involved in the ENP. In 2009, the country was involved in the Eastern Partnership with the EU; however, in 2016, it rejected the Association Agreement with the EU (Oddo 2019). Despite this, Azerbaijan is the only country that has access to European markets for its natural resources. Because of energy dependence, the EU is willing to start negotiations on a new framework agreement with Azerbaijan (EasternPartnership n.d.). Due to Armenia’s close cooperation with Russia, it is difficult to establish more integration with the EU. After Armenia announced its plans to join the Eurasian Economic Community Customs Union in 2014, EU politicians stated this would be incompatible with previous agreements, such as the establishment of the Deep and Compre-hensive Free Trade Area, which took four years to negotiate (Yekaterina Poghosyan n.d.). Currently, relations between the EU and Armenia are based on the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which entered into provisional force on June 2018.As figure 7 shows, Russia and the EU are both important trade partners for the South Caucasus countries. Russia is especially important for Arme-nia, with 26 percent of Armenia’s imports coming from and 27 percent of its exports going to Russia. For Georgia, the EU is clearly more important than Russia, with 22 percent of total Georgian exports going to and 27 percent of its imports coming from the EU. Azerbaijan clearly stands out with exports to the EU, but has a lower share of exports to Rus-sia than Georgia does. Among the three countries, Georgia is the most dependent on imports from the EU, which amounted to 27 percent of its total imports.
CONCLUSION
Clearly there is a relationship between political ties and trade in the South Caucasus region. Arme-nia’s political ties with Russia are also reflected in trade. In 2018, Russia accounted for 26 percent of Armenia’s total trade revenue – the highest among the South Caucasus countries. Neverthe-less, Armenia’s move away from the EU was not really reflected in its trade volume. The EU’s share
of Armenia’s trade was a bit lower compared with EU-friendly Georgia. Georgian-Russian relations are the least favorable, while the country has the closest political ties with the EU. Although political tension and turmoil between Georgia and Russia persists, Russia remains an important trade part-ner for Georgia. Georgia is the only South Caucasus country that has signed an AA, but it has a lower share of trade with the EU than Azerbaijan does. Azerbaijan occupies a unique stance regarding its international relations as it tilts neither towards the EU nor towards Russia compared to Armenia’s pro-Russian and Georgia’s pro-Western stance. While Azerbaijan rejected the AA with the EU in 2016, similar to Armenia, it seems that Azerbai-jan’s external trade was not affected by that polit-ical decision. Compared with the other two South Caucasus countries, Azerbaijan leads in terms of trade with the EU. It also plays a significant role in EU’s Southern Gas Corridor. Its political neutrality – e.g., not signing an AA with the EU but also not being part of the Eurasian Economic Union – allows Azerbaijan to trade with Russia as well. REFERENCES
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Oddo, Paola Lo Bue. 2019. “The EU or Russia? Interests and Ties in the South Caucasus.” The New Federalist. March 28, 2019. https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/the-eu-or-russia-interests-and-ties-in-the-south-caucasus.
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mate indicator fell considerably from +13.3 to –19.6 balance points. Appraisals of both the present eco-nomic situation and economic expectations turned considerably negative. The performance of consump-tion, investments, and exports is currently subdued, and respondents expect no growth in the next six months either.
The economic climate for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) clouded over again, after having slightly brightened in the second quarter. The respective indicator fell from –3.8 to –15.2 balance points. Experts in this region revised their assessments of the current situation downwards and attested to a current weak economic performance. No change was reported to the positive economic outlook (see Figures 2 and 10.2). Regional inflation for 2019 is again set at 7.5 percent: higher price expectations for Egypt were off-set by estimated lower prices in Algeria and Tunisia (see Figure 4). While economic performance in Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia was reported to be weak at present, with hardly any signs of a recovery in the next six months, the situation in the United Arab Emirates is more positive than in the region as whole; the current satisfactory situation is likely to persist in the months ahead.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the economic climate continued to improve from –4.1 to +1.1 balance points, due to more optimistic economic expectations (see Fig-ure 10.2). As a result, the aggregate is now located in a more consolidated “upturn” phase of the ifo Business Cycle Clock (see Figure 2). The region seems to be in a more robust economic shape than other country groups, however with considerable differences between the individual African countries. In Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, the economic climate remains friendly, with a satisfactory present situation and a positive economic outlook (see Figure 12.2). In Kenya, the economic climate clouded over, due to considera-ble deterioration in the present economic situation. In contrast, economic expectations turned positive again, indicating that the current weak economic perfor-mance should be only short-lived (see Figure 12.2). All Kenyan experts surveyed reported bank lending to firms as moderately constrained (see Table 1). In Namibia, some easing of the tight financial restrictions to firms was reported as the share of experts that reported constraints dropped by 15 percent since the January 2019 survey. Nevertheless, the present eco-nomic situation for Namibia remains negative, with no signs of substantial improvement in the months ahead (see Figure 12.2). The economic situation in Zambia and Zimbabwe remained more or less the same as in the previous survey and continues to be very weak. Experts revised their economic expectations upwards slightly, but these remain pessimistic on balance and signal a further deterioration in the weak current eco-nomic conditions (see Figure 12.3). The statistics agency in Zimbabwe suspended releasing annualized inflation numbers until February of next year. Prices are
no longer measured in US dollars, making the figures incompatible (Aljazeera 2019). WES experts see the inflation rate climbing to 99 percent in 2019, making it the highest figure in the world apart from Venezuela (see Figure 4).
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CNBC. 2019. “Fed Decision: Interest Rates Cut by 25 Basis Points after FOMC Meeting.” July 31, 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/fed-cuts-rates-by-a-quarter-point.html.
Nohara, Yoshiaki. 2019. “Japan’s Looming Sales Tax Hike Prompts Less Rush Demand so Far, Suggesting Painful Economic Impact Can Be Avoided.” The Japan Times Online, July 17, 2019. https://www.japan-times.co.jp/news/2019/07/17/business/economy-business/japans-looming-sales-tax-hike-prompts-less-rush-demand-far/.
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MEASURING EXPERTS’ MACROECONOMIC MODELS
Peter Andre, Carlo Pizzinelli, Christopher Roth, Johannes Wohlfart
Macroeconomic expectations of households and firms are at the core of fiscal and monetary policymaking. For instance, with interest rates at the zero lower bound (ZLB), central banks around the world have turned to measures that try to change the behavior of economic agents primarily through their effect on expectations, such as forward guidance about future interest rates. Expectations are also at the core of macroeconomic models, and biases in the way economic agents form expectations have substantial effects on the theoreti-cal transmission mechanism of monetary and fiscal policy.
Due to their importance for policymaking and macroeconomic modeling, there has been increasing interest in collecting survey evidence on the way house-holds and firms form expectations about the macroe-conomy (Armantier et al (2015); D’Acunto et al (2019a,b,c,d); Das et al (2018)) and how these expecta-tions shape economic behavior (Armona et al (2018); Bachmann et al (2015); Roth and Wohlfart (2019); Velle-koop and Wiederholt (2019)). Among others, these papers have shown that people’s macroeconomic expectations are shaped by their shopping experiences (Cavallo et al (2017); D’Acunto et al (2019)), their experi-enced macroeconomic environment (Goldfayn-Frank and Wohlfart (2019); Kuchler and Zafar (2018); Mal-mendier and Nagel (2015)), and social interactions (Bai-ley et al (2018a,2018b)). However, there is little system-atic evidence on people’s mental representation of the economy, and in particular whether their “subjective models” of the economy are in line with empirical evi-dence and theoretical models. The assumption that agents form their expectations with knowledge of the true structure of the economy is maintained in almost all macroeconomic models, which makes this question of high interest to both academics and policymakers.
In a recent paper (Andre et al. (2019)), we propose an approach to measure people’s subjective models of the macroeconomy using hypothetical vignettes. We use both representative surveys of the US population as well as a sample of experts from academia and pol-icy institutions. In the hypothetical vignettes, respond-ents predict future unemployment and inflation under different hypothetical macroeconomic shocks. We designed the survey to have several advantages com-pared to existing evidence: first, our approach holds constant beliefs about the source of the shock. Second, the approach ensures that the shocks are perceived to be exogenous, a critical feature that allows us to bench-mark our estimates with theoretical models.
We focus on four different exogenous shocks that are of particular interest for both policymakers and macroeconomic theory: we study an oil price shock, a monetary policy shock, a government spending shock, and an income tax shock. The key idea of our vignettes
is that we elicit expectations about the unemployment rate and the inflation rate under two different scenar-ios. In the baseline scenario, respondents are told to assume that the shock variable of interest will not change over the next 12 months. In the other scenario, participants are asked to assume that the shock varia-ble either increases (rise scenario) or falls (fall scenario) compared to the baseline scenario. To clarify further, we illustrate our design in the context of the oil price vignette. In the baseline scenario, respondents are told that the oil price will remain at the same level over the next 12 months on average. In the “rise scenario”, we tell them that the oil price will be on average USD 30 higher over the next 12 months, while in the “fall sce-nario”, we tell them that the oil price will be on average USD 30 lower over the next 12 months. We tell our respondents to assume that these changes in the oil price are due to unexpected improvements in or prob-lems with the local production technology in the Middle East. These vignettes enable us to compare the responses of participants in the rise/fall scenario with the expectations in the baseline scenario. After differ-entiating idiosyncratic individual-level expectations about the levels of unemployment and inflation, we can then measure people’s beliefs about the effects of these shocks on the economy.
In addition to data from a representative sample and a sample of experts from academia and policy institutions, in July 2019 we collected data with the World Economic Survey. We want to leverage this data to better understand the determinants of people’s sub-jective models of the economy. In particular, the World Economic Survey allows us to shed light on this ques-tion with large, heterogeneous samples of experts with diverse educational, institutional, and economic char-acteristics. The size of the World Economic Survey allows us to analyze the determinants of subjective models using high statistical power.
We aim to use this data for several purposes. First, we want to examine whether and how experts who were trained in different schools of economic thought differ in their beliefs about the functioning of the mac-roeconomy. Second, we would like to use this data to assess the current vulnerability of the US economy to different types of shocks according to expert opinions. Finally, we aim to use this data as a benchmark for the predictions of participants in our previous surveys on samples of households and experts from academia and policy institutions. Given that participants in the World Economic Survey are used to making macroeconomic predictions, we view their predictions as an upper bound on how well households could possibly predict the response of the macroeconomy to shocks.
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Andre, P., C. Pizzinelli, C. Roth and J. Wohlfart (2019), Subjective Models of the Macroeconomy: Evidence from Experts and a Representative Sample, Working Paper, Available at SSRN 3355356.
Armantier, O., W. Bruine de Bruin, G. Topa, W. van der Klaauw and B. Zafar (2015), Inflation expectations and behavior: Do survey respon-dents act on their beliefs?, International Economic Review 56(2), pp 505–36.
Armona, L., A. Fuster and B. Zafar (2018), Home price expectations and behavior: Evidence from a randomized information experiment, forth-coming, Review of Economic Studies.
Bachmann, R., T.O. Berg and E.R. Sims (2015), Inflation expectations and readiness to spend: Cross-sectional evidence, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 7(1), pp 1–35.
Bailey, M., R. Cao, T. Kuchler and J. Stroebel (2018a), The economic effects of social networks: Evidence from the housing market, Journal of Political Economy 126(6), pp 2224–76.
Bailey, M., E. Dávila, T. Kuchler and J. Stroebel (2018b), House price beliefs and mortgage leverage choice, forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies.
Cavallo, A., G. Cruces and R. Perez-Truglia (2017), Inflation expecta-tions, learning, and supermarket prices: Evidence from survey experi-ments, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 9(3), S. 1–35.
D’Acunto, F., D. Hoang, M. Paloviita and M. Weber (2019a), IQ, expecta-tions, and choice, Working Paper. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/michael.weber/research/pdf/IQ_choice.pdf
D’Acunto, F., D. Hoang, M. Paloviita and M. Weber (2019b), Human fric-tions to the transmission of economic policy, Working Paper. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/michael.weber/research/pdf/Human%20Frictions.pdf
D’Acunto, F., D. Hoang and M. Weber (2019c), Managing Households’ Expectations with Salient Economic Policies, Working Paper. https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/michael.weber/research/pdf/inflationExpec-tations.pdf?wp_id=19236910
D’Acunto, F., D. Hoang and M. Weber (2019d), Unconventional fiscal pol-icy, AEA Papers and Proceedings 108, pp 519–23.
D’Acunto, F., U. Malmendier, J. Ospina and M. Weber (2019e), Exposure to Daily Price Changes and Inflation Expectations, Working Paper.
Das, S., C.M. Kuhnen and S. Nagel (2018), Socioeconomic status and macroeconomic expectations, forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies.
Goldfayn-Frank, O. and J. Wohlfart (2019), Expectation Formation in a New Environment: Evidence from the German Reunificatiton, forthcom-ing, Journal of Monetary Economics. Kuchler, T. and B. Zafar (2018), Personal experiences and expectations about aggregate outcomes, erscheint in Journal of Finance.
Malmendier, U. and S. Nagel (2015), Learning from Inflation Experi-ences, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(1), pp 53-87.
Roth, C., and J. Wohlfart (2019), How do expectations about the macro-economy affect personal expectations and behavior?, forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics.
Vellekoop, N., and M. Wiederholt (2019), Inflation expectations and choices of households, Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3383452Goldfayn-Frank, O. and J. Wohlfart (2019), Expectation Formation in a New Environment: Evidence from the German Reunificatiton, forthcoming, Journal of Monetary Economics.
Kuchler, T. and B. Zafar (2018), Personal experiences and expectations about aggregate outcomes, erscheint in Journal of Finance.
Malmendier, U. and S. Nagel (2015), Learning from Inflation Experi-ences, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(1), pp 53-87.
Roth, C., and J. Wohlfart (2019), How do expectations about the macro-economy affect personal expectations and behavior?, forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics.
Vellekoop, N., and M. Wiederholt (2019), Inflation expectations and choices of households, Working Paper. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3383452
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WES Trade Expectations CPB World Trade Monitor
Comparison of WES Experts Trade Expectations and the CPB World Trade Monitor in Selected Aggregates
16 ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 9
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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BrazilBalances
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South AfricaBalances
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WorldBalances
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ChinaBalances
Short-term Long-term
Expected Trend for the Next 6 Months for Short- and Long-term Interest Rates
17ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 10.1
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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Emerging market and developing economiesBalances
Economic climate Assessment of economic situation Economic expectations
Selected Aggregates
18 ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 10.2
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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19ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 11.1
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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Advanced Economies
20 ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 11.2
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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21ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 11.3
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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22 ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 12.1
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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23ifo World Economic Survey 03/ 2019 August Volume 18
Figure 12.2
Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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Source: ifo World Economic Survey (WES) III/2019. © ifo Institute
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Capital expenditures
Private consumption
Overall economy
Capital expenditures
Private consumption
Overall economy
Capital expenditures
Private consumption
Exports
Imports
Short-term
Long-term
US dollar
Euro
UK pound
Yen
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government's econ. policy
Insufficient demand
Lack of innovation
Inadequate Infrastructure
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Trade barriers to exports
Lack of skilled labor
Legal and administrative
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Unfavorable climate for
foreign investors
Capital shortage
Lack of credible central
bank policy
Inefficient debt
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Widening income inequality
Political instability
Corruption
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US dollar
Euro
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US dollar
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bank policy
Inefficient debt
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Political instability
Corruption
CIS
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2-1
5,8
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35
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34,4
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20,
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41,7
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Exports
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US dollar
Euro
UK pound
Yen
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Trade barriers to exports
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11
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Number of questionnaires
Economic Climate
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the
end
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nex
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mo
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curr
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