48
Top-10 Economic Predictions for 2013: Implication for the Port Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS January 17, 2013
Top-10 Economic Predictions for 2013:Implication for the PortNariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHSJanuary 17, 2013
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 2
Introduction
• World growth will stabilize in 2013
• After having slowed down from 4.2% in 2010, to 3.0% in 2011 to around 2.6% in 2012 (with the Eurozone and Japan going back into recession), the growth rate of the world economy will hold steady at around 2.5% in 2013
• Moreover, the stage will be set for a modest acceleration of growth in latter part of the year and in 2014
• The massive monetary stimulus put in place in many key economies over the past year and a half will have some positive impact on growth
• The current episode of “extreme uncertainty”—related to the US fiscal cliff, the Eurozone debt crisis, China’s growth, and instability in the Middle East and Africa—will become less intense, and worries about many of these risks will diminish
• The US and Asian economies will likely lead the way
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 3
(Index, over 50 indicates expansion)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 201325
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
United States Eurozone China Japan
Purchasing managers’ indexes for manufacturing signal subpar global economic growth
Sources: Institute for Supply Management, Markit, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 4
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6(Quarter-on-quarter percent change, annual rate)
Global real GDP growth will stabilize in 2013
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 5
NAFTA Other Americas
Western Europe
Emerging Europe
Mideast-N. Africa
Sub-Saha-
ran Africa
Japan Other Asia-
Pacific
-2
0
2
4
6
8
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth by region
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 6
1. The US recovery will gradually pick up steam—barring more mischief from Washington
• The dynamics for a gradually accelerating US recovery are already in place.
• The balance of forces affecting US consumer spending has turned positive.
• Housing markets are—finally—showing signs of life, and can be expected to keep improving over the next year.
• As global growth begins to re-accelerate (albeit gradually), exports will follow suit.
• Last but not least, with uncertainties about the fiscal cliff and deficit/debt reduction having diminished somewhat, US businesses are likely to spend and hire more.
• This means growth will average around 2% next year.
• Of course, these is always the risk that another round of bitter disputes over raising the debt ceiling and cutting the deficit will badly damage confidence.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 7
2001
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
2015
-9
-6
-3
0
3
6
9
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Real GDP growth (Left scale, annual percent change)Unemployment rate (Right scale, percent)
US growth and unemployment rate
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 8
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 20200
4
8
12
16
20
Total Cars Light trucks
(Millions of units, annual rates)
US light-vehicle sales will continue to recover
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 9
Housing starts beginning a long climb; prices have probably hit bottom
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140.50
0.75
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
Housing Starts (LS, millions of units)FHFA House Price Index (RS, purchase-only index, 1991Q1 = 100)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 10
2. European growth will be weak in the north and negative in the south
• Recent policy actions by the European Central Bank and EU governments have reduced the financial risks related to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, and helped to reduce long-term interest rates in the hardest hit economies.
• Nevertheless, during the coming year, the economies in Southern Europe will remain deep in recession territory, mostly because of tough austerity programs and very high unemployment rates.
• Unfortunately, this will drag down the economies in Northern Europe as well.
• Some (including Germany) will see positive but weak growth—in others (including Belgium, France, and the Netherlands) growth will be flat to slightly down.
• On balance, this means a real GDP contraction of around -0.2% for the Eurozone economy in 2013.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 11
Germany France United Kingdom
Italy Spain-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Western Europe
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 12
Netherlands Switzerland Sweden Belgium Norway-1
0
1
2
3
4
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Western Europe (continued)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 13
Eurozone Italy Spain Greece Portugal Ireland-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in the Eurozone’s peripheral countries
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 14
3. The Chinese economy will slowly gain momentum
• Since 2010, the Chinese economy has decelerated significantly, with growth falling from over 10% to around 7.5%.
• Fortunately, there are signs that growth has bottomed out and that a gradual pickup in momentum is in the offing—this trend is likely to continue in 2013.
• Modest stimulus seems to have been effective in limiting the depth and duration of the domestic demand downturn.
• With the leadership transition now complete, there could even be a little more stimulus in the coming year.
• Furthermore, export growth can be expected to rebound, thanks to continued (and improving) growth in Asia and the United States.
• All this will translate into growth of around 8% for China in 2013.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 15
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
0
3
6
9
12
15(Percent change)
Real GDP growth in China
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 16
4. Other emerging markets will also show signs of life
• Weak growth in the US economy, recessions in Europe and Japan, and a soft landing in China all took a toll on growth in other emerging markets last year.
• This was compounded by the tight money policies that many of these economies had in place through the fall of 2011.
• With monetary conditions now easier than a year ago and with prospects for the world economy looking a little brighter, the outlook for emerging markets in 2013 is also looking sunnier.
• This is especially true in Asia (and particularly the ASEAN economies), where domestic demand growth has been fairly strong and where there is scope for more stimulus, if needed.
• Latin America, Emerging Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa will also see modest rebounds.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 17
China India Australia South Ko-rea
Indonesia Taiwan0
2
4
6
8
10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-2020
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Asia-Pacific
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 18
Thailand Malaysia Singapore Hong Kong Philippines0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Asia-Pacific
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 19
Russia Turkey Poland Czech Republic
Romania Hungary-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Emerging Europe
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 20
Brazil Argentina Colombia Venezuela
Chile Peru Mexico0
2
4
6
8
10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Latin America
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 21
Saudi Arabia
Iran UAE Israel Iraq Kuwait-3
0
3
6
9
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in the Middle East
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 22
South Africa
Nigeria Egypt Algeria Morocco Angola0
2
4
6
8
10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Real GDP growth in Africa
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 23
5. Commodity prices will move sideways, again
• Despite a good deal of volatility during the past twelve months, commodity prices are roughly at the same levels they were a year ago.
• Chances are good that 2013 will see a repeat performance.
• There are mild downward pressures from soft growth and relatively high inventories in some markets (especially oil).
• On the other hand, stronger growth in China and the rest of Asia could push price higher as the year progresses.
• Meanwhile, tensions in the Middle East and North Africa could be a wild card in oil markets, driving prices up if the instability in the region gets worse or pulling them down if there is a de-escalation.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 24
(IHS Global Insight indexes, 2002:1=1.0)
Industrial materials prices
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
In US dollars In GDP-weighted currency basket
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 25
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 20160
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Crude oil, US refiners’ acquisition price (Left scale, USD/barrel)Natural gas, Henry Hub (Right scale, USD/million Btu)
US crude oil and natural gas prices
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 26
6. Inflation will remain tame
• Soft growth, large output gaps, and high unemployment rates in the past couple of years have significantly reduced price pressures.
• Between 2011 and 2012 the rate of inflation has fallen in all but one region (Middle East and North Africa).
• This benign state of affairs is likely to continue through 2013, despite worries about the inflationary potential of the massive amounts of liquidity sloshing around the global economy and despite the recent rise in food prices (which is likely to be temporary).
• In fact, in the developed world and some emerging regions (notably Asia, the Middle East and Africa), inflation will continue to drift down over the coming year.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 27
NAFTA Other Americas
Western Europe
Emerg-ing Eu-
rope
Mideast-N. Africa
Sub-Saha-
ran Africa
Japan Other Asia-
Pacific
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-20
(Annual percent change)
Consumer price inflation by region
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 28
7. Central banks will mostly be in wait-and-see mode
• The behavior of central banks over the past year and a half can best be described as aggressive easing.
• Nevertheless, as growth prospects in many of the world’s key economies start to look better, central banks will begin to take a more neutral stance, putting monetary policy on hold.
• While a little more easing (interest rate cuts and/or quantitative easing) by the Fed, the European Central Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and the Reserve Bank of India is probably in the cards …
• … Other central banks are likely to take a more cautious approach to further stimulus, while still keeping a lookout for any signs of renewed weakness in the coming year.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 29
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150
1
2
3
4
5
6
United States EurozoneJapan United Kingdom
(Percent, end of quarter)
Policy interest rates in the advanced countries will stay low for several years
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 30
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Brazil Russia India China*
(Percent, end of quarter)
Policy interest rates in emerging markets
* One-year loan rate
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 31
8. Fiscal policy will stay tight or become tighter
• This is mainly true of the United States, the Eurozone, and Japan, all of which face large and rising government debt ratios.
• US fiscal policy was set to tighten, regardless of the fiscal cliff—the mostly likely scenario calls for a gradual further reduction in the deficit, which will help to stabilize the US debt ratio, without hurting growth unduly.
• In Southern Europe austerity is damaging growth prospects—but this will not deter further tightening.
• France will also be pressured to constrict fiscal policy even more—it has one of the biggest deficit-to-GDP ratios of the non-crisis Eurozone countries and its government spending-to-GDP ratio is one of the highest in the developed world.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 32
NAFTA Other Amer-icas
Western Europe
Emerg-ing Eu-
rope
Mideast-N. Africa
Sub-Saha-
ran Africa
Japan Other Asia-
Pacific
-12
-9
-6
-3
0
3
6
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
(Federal budget balance, % of GDP)
Fiscal deficits are narrowing in most regions
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 33
Eurozone Italy Spain Greece Portugal Ireland-15
-12
-9
-6
-3
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
-30.9%
(Fiscal balance as a percent of GDP)
Eurozone fiscal deficits
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 34
9. The US dollar will be stronger against the euro and flat against the rest
• During the coming year, economic fundamentals (e.g., growth differentials and current account balances) will tend to favor the dollar, especially relative to other developed economy currencies.
• As the growth outlook in the emerging world improves and capital flows into these economies rise once again, the upward pressure on these currencies could intensify, balancing out some of the positive forces working on the dollar.
• Meanwhile, as the world’s principal reserve currency, the US dollar is very sensitive to swings in investor sentiment and changes in risk aversion …
• … Consequently, enduring worries about the Eurozone debt crisis will tend to favor the dollar over the euro and other risky currencies.
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 35
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 20200.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
Major trading partners Other important trading partners
(Real trade-weighted dollar index, 2005=1.0)
The dollar’s real exchange value
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 36
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 20140.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 20140.50.60.70.80.91.01.11.2
Canadian Dollar Euro
Japanese Yen Chinese Renminbi
(Canadian dollars per US dollar, quarterly averages) (Euro per US dollar, quarterly averages)
(Yen per US dollar, quarterly averages)
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 20144
5
6
7
8
9(Yuan per US dollar, quarterly averages)
Exchange rates per US dollar
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 201460
80
100
120
140
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 37
10. The risks facing the global economy will be more balanced
• Over the past year, the risks facing the global economy were skewed to the downside.
• In the coming year, not only will some of the big-four threats—another US recession, a Eurozone meltdown, a China hard landing, and a war in the Persian Gulf—become less menacing, but there could be some upside surprises as well.
• Chief among these is pent-up demand from consumers and businesses.
• In the wake of the Great Recession and subsequent Great Stagnation, households and companies have been very cautious about their spending, preferring to save more and reduce their debts.
• There is some evidence that this process may be winding down—especially in the United States and parts of Asia.
Trade Implications
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent.
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
GDP Trade
World trade typically grows faster than real GDP
39
(Percent change)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 40
US international trading partners are shifting
2005 2010 2015 2020 20250
500,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000
1,500,000,000,000
2,000,000,000,000
2,500,000,000,000
3,000,000,000,000
3,500,000,000,000
Latin America Far East Europe Other
(Exports, billions of US dollars)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent.
41
Growth in global merchandise trade
Note: Intra-Europe trade excluded
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
10,000,000,000,000
20,000,000,000,000
30,000,000,000,000
40,000,000,000,000
Air Sea Land/Other
(Trillions of US dollars)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 42
Containerized trade movements
(Thousands of TEUs)
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Transatlantic 5,827 5,913 7,140 8,547 10,187
Transpacific 16,853 19,318 23,903 31,309 42,371
U.S. Atlantic/Far East 3,659 4,907 6,048 7,957 10,898
Europe/Far East 13,977 19,889 24,890 33,094 44,393
Intra-Far East 18,169 22,004 29,690 39,087 51,446
World Total 87,142 114,341 146,756 191,318 249,911
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 43
Transatlantic container trade
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
North America to Europe Europe to North America
(Millions of TEUs)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent.
44
Transpacific container trade
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
Far East to North America North America to Far East
(Millions of TEUs)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent.
45
Europe to Far East container trade
2005
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
Europe to Far East Far East to Europe
(Millions of TEUs)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent.
Container growth rates by US coast
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
Great Lakes Gulf North Atlantic North Pacific South AtlanticSouth Pacific
(Percent change in TEUs)
© 2012, IHS Inc. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. 47
Implications for the Port• Trade will remain an engine of global growth in the long-term …
• … But activity has slowed dramatically in the near-term.
• Transatlantic containerized trade growth slowed sharply in 2012; in 2013 it will be a little faster.
• U.S. Atlantic/Far East containerized trade is expected to expand at roughly the same rate as Transpacific containerized trade over the next several years.
• U.S. Atlantic/Far East containerized trade volumes will exceed Transatlantic containerized trade volumes starting from 2023.
• Intra-Far East containerized trade will grow faster than Transatlantic, Transpacific, and Europe/Far East trade over the next several years.
• Downside risks to short-term trade projections are more balanced that a year ago.
