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People and Power:
The Forces Shaping Asia’s Key Economies
Prepared for LBMA/LPPM Precious Metals Conference
Andrew Staples, PhD.
Director, South-east Asia
Economist Corporate Network
October 2016
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Power: The return of political risk
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Global imbalances
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Global shift
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Global risk profile
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Security
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Political stability
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The return of political risk
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The return of political risk
Anti-establishment Long running
disputes
Stagnant
incomes?
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ASEAN political challenges
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Globalisation on the back foot
End of an era?
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Globalisation on the back foot
We now think it highly unlikely that the TPP will be ratified in the US
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Global trade having its worst year since 2009, will improve modestly in 2017
Trade, a secular decline
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-15
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2009m01 2010m01 2011m01 2012m01 2013m01 2014m01 2015m01 2016m01
Global merchandise trade (% change yoy)
Volume terms Value terms
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8
12
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1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Share of global trade (%)
China Germany Japan US
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High stocks and higher OPEC production will prevent a surge in oil price
The oil price will rise, but not by much
• Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit.
-0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Production growth Consumption growth
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What a difference a year makes
Lower for longer: interest rates (our forecasts)
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US Fed BoJ ECB BoE
Main policy rates
(%, year end)
Now
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Central banks are unprepared for the next recession
End of the road for monetary policy?
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Policy options
Quantitative easing ✓
Forward guidance ✓
Negative interest rates ?
Higher inflation target ?
Target nominal GDP ?
Helicopter money ? 0
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1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013
US federal funds rate (%)
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Looser monetary policy will benefit emerging economies
Always look on the bright side: LCU vs US$
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Burgernomics
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Searching for growth
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Global growth
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Tries hard, could do better…
Where’s the growth?
Real GDP growth; % change, year on year. As of September 2016. Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Consumers are driving the economy, as firms fail to invest
US: a two-speed economy
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
-4.0
-3.0
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-1.0
0.0
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2.0
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2015 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2016 Q1 2016 Q2
(%)
Consumer spending Business investment Real GDP
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For the UK, and Europe
Brexit: profound consequences
• UK recession in 2017
• Contagion: boost for anti-
establishment and anti-EU parties
across Europe
• EU referendums in other
countries—Netherlands and
France–could trigger euro zone
crisis
• Scotland independence, united
Ireland?
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Regional growth
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China: Time to act
Concern about China has eased but fears will return quickly when the economy stutters
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India: All systems go?
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People: Powering growth
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Demographic dividends, and challenges
Annual labour force growth rate (%)
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Wages rising in Asia
Growth in annual average real wages (%)
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
2016
2020
GDP per head (US$)
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,28
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6,000
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10,000
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2020
Private consumption per head (US$)
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0
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,59
0
Drivers of growth: income & consumption
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Drivers of growth: urbanisation
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Drivers of growth: urbanisation
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Drivers of growth: urbanisation
ASEAN urban population, 2015
European urbanisation rate
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Mass of middle class
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Drivers of growth: socioeconomics
Nearly
900m
people will
move out of
this class
by 2025
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Mobile subscriptions in
Asia (m)
Mobile subscriptions
per 100 people
Looking ahead: the rise of mobile
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Internet users in Asia (m)
% of global online population
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540
470
970
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Shipments of new smartphones (m)
Non-Asia emerging markets
Non-Asia developed markets
Asia Pacific
Looking ahead: the rise of mobile
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2013 2018China e-commerce: Growing by 35% a year China m-commerce: Growing by 74% a year
E-commerce as % of total retail sales in 2013, and forecast for 2018
Looking ahead: the rise of e-commerce
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Looking ahead: digital disruption
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What do these trends mean for
precious metals?
Panel discussion
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People and Power:
The Forces Shaping Asia’s Key Economies
Prepared for LBMA/LPPM Precious Metals Conference
Andrew Staples, PhD.
Director, South-east Asia
Economist Corporate Network
October 2016