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Economic and Financial Outlook - World - Présentation à CFA Montréal Stefane Marion January 23, 2020 - CFA Montréal
Economic and Financial
Outlook
Présentation à CFA Montréal

Stefane Marion
January 23, 2020

World

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U.S.: Perspective on the current business cycle
Actual vs. potential* real GDP

20,000
          $ billions
19,600

19,200                                                                                                   Actual GDP
18,800

18,400
                                                                                                                     F
                                                                                                                    Mature
18,000
                                                                                                                    phase

17,600

17,200
                                                  Potential GDP
16,800                                                                              E
                                                                                 Expansion
16,400

16,000           A
               Peak
15,600

15,200                 B                      D
14,800
            Recession           C
                              Trough
                                              Recovery

           2007        2008     2009   2010    2011      2012   2013     2014     2015    2016     2017     2018     2019    2020
 * As calculated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Fed of St-Louis)
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U.S.: Perspective on inflation
Inflation as measured by PCE deflator: Total, core and trimmed

 4.5
       % (y/y)
 4.0

 3.5

 3.0

 2.5
                                                                                             Trimmed
 2.0
                                                                                               Core
 1.5                                                                                           Total

 1.0

 0.5

 0.0

-0.5

-1.0

-1.5
   2000          2002      2004        2006    2008    2010      2012   2014   2016   2018     2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Fred)
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U.S.: Perspective on inflation
Inflation as measured by CPI, CPI median and CPI-trimmed

 6
     % (y/y)

 5

 4

                                                                                             Median
 3
                                                                                             Trimmed
 2                                                                                              CPI

 1

 0

-1

-2

-3
               2002     2004        2006      2008    2010    2012      2014   2016   2018     2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Fred)
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U.S.: Duration of the mature phase and inflation
U.S. output gap vs. core PCE inflation

12
      %

10

 8

 6
                                                               Core PCE
 4                                                            (y/y change)

 2

 0
                 72           21         24            9                 57        24                 27
 -2

 -4
             Mature phase:
 -6                                                            Output gap
          Longest = 72 months
          Shortest = 9 months
 -8
  1960      1965      1970      1975     1980   1985   1990     1995     2000   2005    2010   2015   2020
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World: The most synchronized easing cycle in a decade
Share of central banks cutting rates (%)

80
     % (quarterly data)

70

60                                                                                             Q3 2019

50

40

30

20

10

 0
     2000        2002        2004         2006           2008   2010   2012   2014   2016   2018
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Financial Times)
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World: Signs of stabilization
Global sales of semiconductors

42
     $ billions

40

38

36

34

32

30

28

26

24
          2014               2015                 2016   2017   2018   2019   2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (SIA via Bloomberg)
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Perspective on financial stress
NBF financial stress index for Canada and the United-States (JAN 2020)

 6.0
       Standard deviations
 5.5

 5.0

 4.5

 4.0

 3.5

 3.0

 2.5

 2.0

 1.5

 1.0

 0.5

 0.0
                                                                                                            CAN
-0.5

-1.0                                                                                                    U.S.
   2007 2008        2009      2010      2011     2012      2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019      2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Bloomberg and Refinitiv)
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Economic and Financial Outlook - World - Présentation à CFA Montréal Stefane Marion January 23, 2020 - CFA Montréal
World: Positive economic surprises are becoming widespread
Citi economic surprise index: Emerging Markets and Advanced Economies

 60
      Index
 50

 40

 30

 20
                                                                                                     Advanced
 10
                                                                                                        Emerging
  0

-10

-20

-30

-40

-50
 2017Q3 2017Q4         2018Q1      2018Q2     2018Q3    2018Q4   2019Q1   2019Q2   2019Q3   2019Q4    2020Q1
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Bloomberg)
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MSCI composite index: EPS Performance
                                                                                                 12 months
                                             2018          2019           2020         2021
                                                                                                      forward

MSCI ACWI                                      13.4         0.0            9.8          10.3             9.8
 MSCI World                                    14.5         -0.1           8.8          9.8              8.9
  MSCI USA                                    24.2          1.0            9.2          11.2             9.8
  MSCI Canada                                  11.7         5.0            5.9          7.7              6.0
  MSCI Europe                                  5.8          -0.8           8.8          8.0              8.7
  MSCI Pacific ex Jp                           7.7          -0.4           4.2          5.0              4.3
  MSCI Japan                                       NA       -4.8           -6.6         9.9              7.5
 MSCI EM                                       8.0          1.0           15.1          13.3            15.0
  MSCI EM EMEA                                 25.7         -3.3          10.1          8.9              9.6
  MSCI EM Latin America                       10.6          5.1           18.7          11.0            17.9
  MSCI EM Asia                                 3.6          1.6           16.0          14.9            15.9
1/17/2020

NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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U.S.: Valuation at cyclical high
 Forward PE ratio for the S&P 500

 25
         ratio
 24
 23
 22
 21
 20
 19
 18
 17
 16
 15
 14
 13
 12
 11
 10
     9
             1990                     1995              2000                   2005                     2010                     2015            2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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U.S. : Perspective on valuation
S&P 500 earnings yield and 7-10 years U.S. treasury yield
12

10

8

6

4
                   Equities cheap
                  relative to bonds
2

0

-2               Equities expensive
                  relative to bonds
                                        Recessions      U.S. 7-10 years Treasury Yield          S&P 500 Earnings Yield          Spread
-4
  1990      1992       1994     1996     1998    2000     2002      2004      2006       2008       2010      2012       2014      2016   2018   2020

NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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U.S. Treasuries: Term premium on 10-year zero coupon
 Estimate based on Tobias Adrian, Richard Crump, and Emanuel Moench model

   550
          Basis points
   500

   450

   400

   350

   300

   250

   200

   150

   100

    50

      0

   -50

  -100

  -150
             1965        1970   1975       1980      1985      1990         1995   2000   2005   2010     2015   2020
   NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
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                  Average S&P 500 performance by sectors in different phases
                                    of the cycle since 1973
                        (Total return indices, annualized growth rates)
                                          Recoveries              Expansions         Mature Phases      Current Phase
Total                                       22.4%                   10.8%               14.0%               14.4%
Oil & Gas                                   57.8%                    6.9%               23.5%               ‐1.4%
Basic Materials                             23.3%                   10.4%               13.3%                5.2%
  Gold mining                               20.0%                   12.3%                9.6%               10.0%
  Metals and mines                          12.2%                   10.4%               20.8%               ‐1.2%
Industrials                                 34.6%                    9.9%               17.6%               13.2%
Consumer discretionary                      29.2%                   13.9%                8.7%               17.3%
Consumer Staples                             8.2%                   15.5%               17.7%                7.0%
Health Care                                  6.9%                   11.8%               16.4%               14.1%
Financials                                  22.3%                   16.8%               11.7%               12.2%
  Banks                                     29.3%                   17.4%                6.2%                8.5%
  Insurance                                 11.1%                   18.3%               16.2%                9.1%
Real Estate                                 11.6%                   18.0%               13.9%               12.4%
IT                                          12.9%                    7.5%               12.6%               25.8%
Telecoms                                    11.9%                   18.8%               13.9%                9.0%
Utilities                                   24.0%                   15.4%               13.3%               13.8%
*Reces sions da tes a re thos e of the NBER
NBF Economics a nd Stra tegy                                                                                        22
World: The greenback is weakening
Trade-weighted U.S. dollar index (vs. a basket of 26 currencies)

120
      index
119

118

117

116

115

114

113

112

111

110

109

108

107

106
      2016                  2017                                  2018          2019          2020
NBF Economics and Strategy (Federal Reserve data via Refinitiv)
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World: Speculators are still long the greenback
Leveraged funds net speculative position on USD

35
      USD

30

25

20

15

10

 5

 0

 -5

-10

-15

-20
            2016                   2017                       2018       2019          2020
NBF Economics and Strategy (Federal Reserve data via Refinitiv)
                                                                                                 24
25

26
U.S.

                                                                                                                      27

       U.S.: Manufacturing weakness did not spread to services
       ISM nonmanufacturing vs. manufacturing

       62
            Index
       60

       58
                                                                                                               Services
       56

       54

       52

       50

       48

       46                                                                                                   Manufacturing

       44

       42

       40

       38

       36

       34
             2007     2008      2009     2010     2011    2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020
        NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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U.S.: Homebuilder confidence at 20-year high
NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Last observation: December 2019

80
     Index
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
 5
 1985              1990              1995          2000   2005     2010   2015   2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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U.S.: Supply of homes on resale market at a record low
Number of houses available on the market expressed as a multiple of monthly sales

12
      months

11

10

  9

  8

  7

  6

  5

  4

  3
               1990              1995                2000               2005           2010   2015   2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (Source: National Association of Realtors via Refinitiv)
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World: China alters hukou system to increase urbanization rate
Urbanization rate: China and the U.S.

85
     %
80                                                                U.S.

75

70

65

60

55

50

45                                                                                            China

40

35

30

25

20

15
          1975        1980       1985        1990       1995        2000        2005   2010      2015   2020   2025
NBF Economics and Strategy (data via https://population.un.org/wup/Download/)
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U.S.: Inflation expectations are trending up
10-year breakeven inflation rate

2.20
       %
2.15

2.10

2.05

2.00

1.95

1.90

1.85

1.80

1.75

1.70

1.65

1.60

1.55

1.50

1.45
           2018Q1      2018Q2         2018Q3      2018Q4   2019Q1   2019Q2   2019Q3   2019Q4   2020Q1
NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Refinitiv)
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37

38
39

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Canada

         41

         42
Canada: The strongest population growth on record
2019 population growth, natural vs. caused by migration. Selected OECD countries

    1.6
          %
          %                                Natural         Migration       Total
    1.4

    1.2

    1.0

    0.8

    0.6

    0.4

    0.2

    0.0

   ‐0.2

   ‐0.4

   ‐0.6
           JAP PRT DEU POL GRC CZE ITA         FIN FRA AUT NLD GBR DNK BEL CHE ESP NZL USA SWE NOR AUS MEX CAN
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Statistics Canada and U.S. Census)
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Taux de croissance des 25-44 ans et croissance de l’IPP
2008-2018

80%
       IPP a/a                                                                                      SWE
                                                        AUT                                   CAN
70%                                                                                                       NZL
                                                                                                                  AUS
60%                                                                                           NOR

50%                            GER

40%
                                                                                        SWI
                                                                    GBR
30%
                 PRT                                                 BEL
                                                                             FIN        USA
20%                                                 DEN
10%                    JAP
                                       NLD
 0%                                               FRA

-10%
            ESP        ITA
-20%                                                       IRE

-30%

-40%      GRC
                                                                                                                pop a/a
-50%
   -18% -16% -14% -12% -10% -8%               -6%    -4%      -2%   0%     2%      4%    6%    8%     10% 12% 14% 16%
FBN Économie et Stratégie (données via US census, Statistics Canada, Eurostats, OCDE)
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Canada : Foreign-born population is well educated
Percentage of immigrants having tertiary education (2017)

    CAN
    AUS
      IRE
     NZL
    MEX
    SWE
    DEN
    SWI
    USA
   OECD
     BEL
     PRT
     FRA
    AUT
    NLD
     ESP
    DEU
    GRC
      ITA                                                                  %

            0            10                20    30         40   50   60       70
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Canada: Perspective on homeownership rates
Homeownership rates, Canada vs. U.S.

69.2
        %
68.8
68.4
68.0                                                                                      Canada
67.6
67.2
66.8
66.4
66.0
65.6
65.2
64.8
                                                                                                   U.S.
64.4
64.0
63.6
63.2
62.8
62.4
62.0
       1985             1990              1995              2000           2005   2010   2015
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via U.S. Census and Statistics Canada)
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51

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Toronto: Home resale market
  Ratio of active listings to sales, seasonally adjusted, quarterly basis

                      Condos apartments                                                   Other dwellings
3.5                                                                  5
        Number of standard deviations from mean
3.0
                                                                     4
2.5

2.0      Buyers’ market                                              3

1.5
                                                                     2
1.0

0.5                                                                  1

0.0
                                                                     0
-0.5
                     Balanced market
-1.0                                                                -1

-1.5
              Sellers’ market                                       -2
-2.0

-2.5                                                                -3
          2000           2005          2010       2015      2020           2000          2005        2010           2015   2020
       Last observation: Q4 2019 as of December
       NBF Economics and Strategy, data from CREA and TREB seasonally adjusted by NBF.
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  Vancouver: Existing home resale market
 Normalized active-listings-to-sales ratio. Last observation: December 2019
 5.0 Number of standard deviations from long-term mean
 4.5
                                                                          2019.12 / 2018.12
 4.0                                                                       Active listings:     -16.3%
                                                                            Sales        :       88.1%
 3.5
 3.0
 2.5
 2.0
 1.5             Buyers’ market
 1.0
 0.5
              Balanced market
 0.0
-0.5
-1.0
                 Sellers’ market
-1.5
                   2006            2008           2010         2012            2014             2016           2018        2020
  NBF Economics and Strategy, REBGV data seasonally adjusted by NBF – for sales, CREA seasonal factors were used.
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Montreal: Active listings to sales, by type of dwellings
       Seasonally adjusted data, last observation: December 2019

                           Single‐family                                                                   Condos
2.5                                                                      2.5
         Number of standard deviations from mean                                Number of standard deviations from mean
                                                                                 Number of months to sell listed dwellings at
2.0                                                                      2.0     current sales rate

1.5           Buyers’                                                    1.5      Buyers’
              market                                                              market

1.0                                                                      1.0

          Balanced                                                               Balanced
0.5                                                                      0.5     market
          market                                                                Buyers’ market

0.0                                                                      0.0

-0.5                                                                     -0.5

-1.0                                                                     -1.0

               Sellers’                                                             Sellers’
-1.5                                                                     -1.5
               market                                                               market

-2.0                                                                     -2.0
       2004    2006     2008   2010   2012   2014   2016   2018   2020     2004 2006        2008    2010    2012    2014   2016   2018   2020
       NBF Economics and Strategy, data from Centris (seasonally adjusted by NBF)
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Canada: Core inflation running at its fastest pace in a decade in Q4
Average of the three core measures preferred by the Bank of Canada

2.7                                                               So why is the BoC considering rate cuts?
      Year on year % chg.
2.6                                                               What has Mr. Poloz most nervous is an apparent deterioration
                                                                  of the consumer sector. He pointed to slowing retail sales, weak
                                                                  car sales and, notably, decaying consumer confidence
2.5
                                                                  “Those things … they’re not just surprises, they’re more
2.4
                                                                  profound,” he said. “It’s more behavioral; you can’t blame that on the
                                                                  weather, per se.
2.3
                                                                  “If it’s behavioral, it doesn’t usually end just instantly,” he said.
2.2
                                                                                                                                  +2.1%
2.1
                                                                               BoC mid‐point target
2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4
  2002          2004         2006          2008            2010           2012          2014           2016           2018          2020
 NBF Economics and Strategy (data via Statistics Canada)
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Forecast
     ___
              summary
     • World, U.S.
       - Global growth of around 3.0% in 2019, faster in 2020
       - China continues to grow at around 6%
       - US economy at around 2% in 2020
       - Geopolitical risks to remain an issue / we still expect common sense to prevail
       Canada
       - GDP growth a little above potential in 2020 at 1.8%; Consumers remain resilient
       - No rate cuts from the BoC

     • Interest rates, currency:
       - Interest rates to remain low for the foreseeable future but we still see 10-year Treasury above 2.0%
       - CAD towards 1.25?
       - Commodity prices: Some upside (WTI closer to $60/barrel)

           Regime change: Dual supply chain = less productivity = sticky inflation?
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                   NBF Market Forecast                                             NBF Market Forecast
                              Canada                                                     United States
                                Actual         Q42020 (Est.)                                   Actual     Q42020 (Est.)
Index Level                    Jan-03-20          Target       Index Level                    Jan-03-20      Target
 S&P/TSX                       17,066             17,900         S&P 500                       3,235         3,300

Assumptions                                    Q42020 (Est.)   Assumptions                                Q42020 (Est.)
  Level:         Earnings *     1053              1120           Level:          Earnings *     160           172
                 Dividend       521                554                           Dividend        58            62
 PE Trailing (implied)          16.2              16.0          PE Trailing (implied)           20.2         19.2
                                               Q42020 (Est.)                                              Q42020 (Est.)
  10-year Bond Yield             1.54             2.05           10-year Bond Yield             1.79         2.18
* Before extraordinary items, source Thomson                   * S&P operating earnings, bottom up.
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