Macroeconomic Insights: Japan CPI – Subsidies Reset

Japan’s CPI over the next two months will be shaped by a mix of expiring and newly introduced subsidies. Over the past two years, national electricity and gas subsidies have played a key role in containing energy inflation, while Tokyo went further by introducing...
WBS Training Palermo Conference 2025

WBS Training Palermo Conference 2025

Italy is made up of twenty regions, each of which is very different from another, from Veneto to Lazio to Puglia. Two weeks ago I visited Sicily. Perhaps unsurprisingly for an island, the sea seems ever present in Sicily. At the crossroads of the Mediterranean, there...

Macroeconomic Insights: United Kingdom CPI Gets a Boost

Turnleaf’s Oct 9, 2025 nowcast for September 2025 prints slightly higher than the Oct 1, 2025 weekly, reflecting a mix of policy and pricing signals that point to firmer levels over the next year (Figure 1 – available on Substack). The curve is tilted upward...