BOS sees peak US growth coming in 2021 with inflation unlikely to be an issue
Ng Qi SiangPublished on Mon, May 10, 2021 / 3:24 PM GMT+8
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There was both good news and bad news from Bank of Singapore (BOS) head of investment strategy Eli Lee as he predicted US peak quarterly growth to arrive some time in 2021. The downside is that given “what goes up must come down”. Growth is likely to wane in the latter part of the year and into 2022.
Incoming economic data corroborates with Lee’s 6.8% growth projection for the US economy. Manufacturing in the US also seems to be recovering, with the US recording an ISM manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) of 64.7 - a multi-decade record. This has since eased to 60.7 in April.
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