6 Economic Themes For A Post-Crisis World

Société Générale analysts recently released their Global Economic Outlook report. Analysts outlined their six economic themes for the post-crisis world.

1. Lower and differing "price multipliers"

Historical multipliers used to model the complex relationships between oil prices, interest rates, exchange rates and economic growth rates are lower now than they were prior to the Financial Crisis. However, analysts point out that these multipliers remain positive.

According to the report, global legacy debt and tighter government regulations are the causes of multiplier reduction.

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2. Household income growth rates reduce deflation risk

Analysts believe fears that plummeting oil prices would lead to deflation are overblown. They predict rising household incomes driven by job creation and increasing wages.

The report emphasizes that these drivers will likely occur at different rates for different worldwide economies.

3. Tightening at the Fed, easing at the ECB

Analysts are forecasting a June rate hike in the U.S. In Europe, they are predicting continued asset purchases (at a tapered pace) beyond September, 2016. Analysts do not foresee an ECB rate hike until mid-2018.

4. Bond yields bottoming

Analysts see a "slow and orderly" recovery from the historically low bond yield environment.

The report warns of likely volatility during the normalization process, but analysts do not believe that this volatility will be dangerous enough to lead to another economic crisis.

5. Emerging markets hurt by strengthening dollar

While a stronger dollar is good for Asian countries that export to the U.S., many emerging market countries have dollar-denominated foreign debt.

As the strength of the dollar increases, the local currency value of these debts grows, reducing profits and potentially leading to solvency issues.

6. Populism clouds the European outlook

Analysts believe that Europe's recovery has no major hurdles ahead and that the risk of further downside is minimal.

However, the report does discuss the unpredictable nature of angry voters in countries such as the U.K. and Greece.

Overall, analysts see the world continuing its slow march down the long road of recovery from the Financial Crisis.

In the meantime, economists will continue to try to pin down the nuances of the post-crisis global economy.