Having marketed our 2025/2026 Oil Outlook over the last couple weeks, we address the feedback and questions we received from our clients. To recap, Brent crude oil is on track to average $80 per barrel in 2024, which is $3 below our projections from last June. We expect the price to decline to $73 in 2025, remaining largely consistent with our 2024 Outlook published last November, before slipping to $61 in 2026. Surprisingly, our demand outlook did not face significant pushback; however, there was considerable disagreement regarding our supply forecasts, especially concerning production levels in Brazil and the US. Additionally, our perspectives on Iran positioned us as outliers compared to the broader market consensus. Notably, there were no strong opinions expressed regarding the outlook for 2026.

Speakers
Natasha Kaneva, Head of Global Commodities Research 

This podcast was recorded on December 20, 2024.

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Arindam Sandilya and Octavia Popescu discuss the outlook for currencies following a busy week of central bank meetings.

Speakers:
Arindam Sandilya, Global FX Strategy
Octavia Popescu, Global FX Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 20 December 2024.

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J.P. Morgan’s Francis Diamond and Jay Barry discuss the varied outcomes of this week’s BoE and Fed meetings, and their implications for DM rates markets over the near term.

Speakers:

Jay Barry, Fixed Income Strategy

Francis Diamond, Rates Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 20 December 2024.

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Jonny Goulden and Saad Siddiqui discuss the latest market developments and their impacts for the EM fixed income asset class.

This podcast was recorded on 19 December 2024.

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Spreadbites is a new monthly podcast and video series where we discuss key trends in credit markets. Stephen Dulake, Global Head of Spreads Product Research, and Samantha Azzarello, Head of Content Strategy, are joined by Daniel Lamy, Head of European Credit Strategy Research and Nelson Jantzen, High-yield bonds and leveraged loans analyst to unpack the latest developments and 2025 outlook for credit market.

Speakers:

Stephen Dulake, Global Head of Spreads Product Research

Daniel Lamy, Head of European Credit Strategy Research

Nelson Jantzen, High-Yield Bonds and Leveraged Loans Analyst

Samantha Azzarello, Head of Content Strategy

This podcast was recorded on December 12, 2024

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The Global FX Strategy team discuss this week’s key events and market moves, while looking ahead to next week’s economic calendar.

Speakers:
James Nelligan, Global FX Strategy
Patrick Locke, Global FX Strategy
Arindam Sandilya, Global FX Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 13 December 2024.

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The BCOM Index is projected to deliver a flat return in 2024 and is expected to remain relatively stable in 2025, as declines in energy are offset by further price increases in metals and agriculture. Food and energy components have accounted for 35% of the decline in the headline U.S. CPI print this year, and commodities are anticipated to continue supporting disinflationary trends in 2025. We maintain our multi-year bullish outlook on gold for the third consecutive year and anticipate stronger gains in silver and platinum. Industrial metals have moved to the second position among our most preferred sectors, and we hold a positive view on agricultural commodities relative to the forward curves. We remain neutral on U.S. natural gas, while our perspective on oil has shifted from neutral to outright bearish.

Speakers:  

Natasha Kaneva, Head of Global Commodities Research

Shikha Chaturvedi, Head of Global Natural Gas Research

Tracey Allen, Head of Agricultural Commodities Research

Gregory Shearer, Head of Base and Precious Metal Research

This podcast was recorded on 6 December 2024.

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The Global FX Strategy team discusses FX implications from upcoming DM central bank decisions, including the ECB, SNB, BoC & RBA. They also parse the USD response to this week’s Nov US payrolls report.

Speakers

Meera Chandan, Global FX Strategy

James Nelligan, Global FX Strategy

Patrick Locke, Global FX Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 06 December 2024.

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J.P. Morgan’s US Rates strategy team discusses their high-level themes from their recently published 2025 US Fixed Income Markets Outlook.

Speakers:

Jay Barry, Head of Global Rates Strategy

Srini Ramaswamy, Global Rates Derivatives Strategy

Teresa Ho, Head of US Short Duration Strategy

Phoebe White, Fixed Income Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 4 December, 2024.

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In this podcast Morten Lund, Khagendra Gupta and Octavia Popescu discuss the outlook for the Scandinavian economies, rates, and FX over 2025.

This podcast was recorded on 27 November 2024.

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Not for the faint hearted.

Speakers

Arindam Sandilya, Global FX Strategy
Ladislav Jankovic, Global FX Strategy
Juan Duran-Vara, Global FX Strategy

This podcast was recorded on 27 November 2024.

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