Danske Research Team
Danske Bank A/S
This week we highlighted that we think global inflation is set to surprise on the upside due to the recent rise in commodity prices. Our forecast is for higher commodity prices, but even if we assume an unchanged oil price, it indicates that global G3 inflation could rise towards 2.0% from the current level of 0.4% (see bottom-left chart). We expect this to reduce the deflation scare further, thereby supporting the market pricing of inflation. However, since higher global inflation may not be persistent, as it is driven by volatile commodity prices, we expect central banks to see through higher inflation and stay accommodative. This could be positive for long-term inflation expectations as well, as it would be a sign to the markets that the central banks take their remits seriously.
In the euro area, we expect inflation to reach 1.5% early next year, which will be the highest since mid-2013. While the market has started to price higher near-term inflation, longerdated inflation is still priced very subdued. Our 2017 forecast is much above the current pricing (see bottom-right chart) and in our view the risk of upside inflation surprises is underpriced as long-term euro inflation pricing is affected by spot inflation. Higher inflation expectations will of course be welcomed by the ECB but we expect the ECB to maintain an accommodative monetary policy until it sees a convincing upward trend in underlying inflation. A majority of the ECB members, including ECB president Draghi, has seemed eager to kill the recent tapering rumours.
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