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...
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...
Consumers are waiting for something bad to happen. Industrial weakness and worries about the government dominate the story, and French households are preparing for the worst. As discussed in earlier posts, unemployment concerns are pushing precautionary saving higher...
Turnleaf expects Poland’s CPI to average around 3% YoY over the next 12 months. By 2026, the base effects from the 2024 energy surge will fade, leaving food and services as the primary inflation drivers (Figure 5 – paywall). Food prices are expected to remain...
Turnleaf’s Headline CPI YoY forecast for South Africa has been revised lower following the unexpected August 2025 print of 3.3% YoY. The shift downwards of the inflation curve is driven mainly by softer food inflation in the last print—down from 5.7% YoY in July to...
Turnleaf’s September 2025 headline inflation forecast for Hungary over the next 12 months points to an uptick toward 5% YoY by October 2025, followed by a steady decline into early 2026, with the trend reverting toward 4% YoY over the rest of 2026. With the Orban...
