HIGHLIGHTS
UK macro watchers have plenty to occupy themselves with
at present as they consider the 3Q GDP weakness, the
future path of QE, forthcoming changes to fiscal policy and
the downward pressure on GBP. We believe the UK macro
outlook will remain highly uncertain for some time and see
little scope for rate hikes until the latter stages of next year.
We are not particularly concerned by this latest bout of
equity weakness, as it may actually be helpful in delaying
the onset of the tightening phase, and we continue to
recommend our reliable growth and commodity themes.
Ephrem Ravi has upgraded Anglo American to Overweight
as he believes the stock has one of the best near-term
organic growth pipelines in copper and iron ore and his
sum-of-the-parts analysis implies that Amplats is now
effectively in the price for free.
Graham Secker (+44 20 7425 6188) UK Strategist
Strategy and Economics
UK
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