Research Briefing | Nov 20, 2024

Growth forecasts trimmed on review of Trump 2.0 impact

We have revised down our global economic forecasts slightly from our snap post-election assessment. The broad picture is little changed, though: a Trump presidency should have a mild impact on topline macro variables, while the effects on individual sectors and financial markets will likely be larger.

What you will learn:

  • We now expect world GDP to be slightly lower than we forecast immediately after the US election result. Our 2025 growth forecast is unchanged at 2.8%, but we have trimmed growth in 2026 to 2.9% from 3.0% in our first November release.
  • A key shift is that we now assume that Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam will also face US tariff hikes – and the net wider could be cast wider still. We also assume larger US tariffs on China and greater retaliation. We have also reduced our forecasts for world trade growth to reflect a less-conducive global trade environment.
  • The other shift is that we have increased the impact on investment. We think Trump’s victory could boost US investment by almost 1.5% compared to our October baseline by end 2027, but it will leave firms outside the US navigating a thick fog for a few years. Along with a higher borrowing costs, this means we now expect investment outside the US to be 0.7% below our pre-election baseline by the end of Trump’s second term

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