BMO Financial Group - Outlook 2005(1.1Mb pdf File) - Boardwalk REIT
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The recovery has remained on solid ground in 2004...<br />
Gross Domestic Product<br />
Q/Q% Change, Annualized<br />
8.0<br />
7.0<br />
6.0<br />
5.0<br />
4.0<br />
3.0<br />
2.0<br />
1.0<br />
0.0<br />
-1.0<br />
-2.0<br />
2001:Q1<br />
...with businesses now leading the way...<br />
Equipment and Software Investment<br />
Q/Q% Change, Annualized<br />
25.0<br />
15.0<br />
5.0<br />
-5.0<br />
-15.0<br />
-25.0<br />
2001:Q1<br />
...and households still spending briskly.<br />
Personal Consumption Expenditure<br />
Q/Q% Change, Annualized<br />
8.0<br />
7.0<br />
6.0<br />
5.0<br />
4.0<br />
3.0<br />
2.0<br />
Q3<br />
2002:Q1<br />
2003:Q1<br />
2002:Q1<br />
2004:Q1<br />
Q3<br />
FCT<br />
FCT<br />
2003:Q1<br />
Non-residential Construction<br />
Q/Q% Change, Annualized<br />
15.0<br />
5.0<br />
-5.0<br />
-15.0<br />
-25.0<br />
-35.0<br />
2001:Q1<br />
Q3<br />
2002:Q1<br />
Existing Home Sales<br />
Millions of units, Annualized<br />
7.0<br />
6.5<br />
6.0<br />
5.5<br />
2004:Q1<br />
2003:Q1<br />
FCT<br />
Q3<br />
2004:Q1<br />
FCT<br />
EST<br />
auto sales figures point to a healthy 4¼%<br />
rebound in personal consumption in the<br />
third quarter.<br />
Expansion to slow slightly in <strong>2005</strong>…<br />
Growth is poised to moderate somewhat<br />
in <strong>2005</strong>, though remain above potential.<br />
Rising interest rates in 2004 and early<br />
<strong>2005</strong> are estimated to reduce growth by<br />
three-quarters of a percentage point in<br />
<strong>2005</strong> on a fourth quarter-over-fourth<br />
quarter basis. In particular, the still frothy<br />
housing market should lose some steam<br />
as rising mortgage rates undermine<br />
affordability. Housing starts are poised to<br />
pull back to an annual rate of 1.67 million<br />
in <strong>2005</strong> from an estimated 1.91 million in<br />
2004.<br />
After topping US$52 per barrel in early<br />
October 2004 – up from $32 a year ago –<br />
crude oil prices are projected to retrace<br />
to about $33 by late <strong>2005</strong>. Nonetheless,<br />
given both the contemporaneous and<br />
lagged effect of rising prices on demand,<br />
the run-up in energy costs will likely<br />
subtract one-half of a percentage point<br />
from growth in the second half of 2004<br />
and the first half of <strong>2005</strong>. By the second<br />
half of <strong>2005</strong>, falling oil prices should start<br />
to support growth.<br />
Fiscal policy is poised to contribute less<br />
to economic growth in <strong>2005</strong> than in 2004<br />
regardless of the outcome of the<br />
upcoming presidential election.<br />
Policymakers will need to tighten the<br />
fiscal purse strings in order to rein in the<br />
deficit.<br />
1.0<br />
0.0<br />
2001:Q1<br />
2002:Q1<br />
2003:Q1<br />
2004:Q1<br />
5.0<br />
2001:Q1<br />
2002:Q1<br />
2003:Q1<br />
2004:Q1<br />
Countering these negative factors,<br />
growth will be underpinned by several<br />
positive influences. Strong profit growth<br />
and rising confidence in the sustainability<br />
of the expansion should support business<br />
investment. The past weakness in the<br />
dollar, together with a strengthening