Global economic activity continues to evolve at a moderate pace. The United States still does not have the role of leader despite a cyclical improvement in April. Europe is in a complex phase on the eve of the British referendum on the Brexit. The risk is major. As for Japan's situation, it remains fragile prompting Shinzo Abe to postpone to 2019 a VAT increase scheduled for 2017…

 

Philippe Waechter
Chief Economist
Natixis Asset Management

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