2025年中美宏观经济与资产配置展望

Group 1: US Economic Outlook - The US economy is experiencing short-term "stagflation," with GDP growth expected to slow from 2.8% in 2024 to 1.7% in 2025, and inflation pressures may rebound, with PCE inflation projected to rise to 2.8% in Q3 and 2.9% in Q4 of 2025 [2][24] - The real estate market continues to show signs of stagnation, with high interest rates leading to historically low purchasing power and sales, while many homeowners are reluctant to move due to locked-in low mortgage rates, resulting in tight inventory [2][29] - Corporate earnings growth has been downgraded, particularly in industries sensitive to trade wars and economic cycles, such as industrials, energy, and materials [3] Group 2: Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy - The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates twice between September and December 2025, with a potential further two cuts in 2026, bringing the policy rate down to a range of 3.25%-3.5% [4] - However, due to potential increased influence from the White House on the Federal Reserve, market inflation expectations remain unstable, and rising government debt may keep Treasury yields elevated [5] Group 3: Investment Recommendations - Short-term investment focus should be on sectors such as healthcare, consumer staples, communication services, materials, and industrials [7] - Overall, the US stock market is in the late stages of a bull market, suitable for long-term dollar-cost averaging, with asset allocation recommendations to overweight commodities, standard allocation to stocks and cash, and underweight bonds, while being bearish on the US dollar and bullish on the euro, pound, and emerging market currencies [8] Group 4: China Economic Outlook - China's economy is entering a phase of weak recovery, with Q1 2025 GDP growth peaking at 5.4% but expected to decline to 4.7% in Q4 due to base effects and diminishing policy impacts [9] - The real estate market is stabilizing, with a recovery in second-hand home sales in first-tier cities and gradual inventory digestion, leading to expectations of price stabilization in the second half of 2025 [10] - Deflationary pressures are bottoming out, and corporate profits are expected to rebound, supported by a continuation of accommodative policies, including a potential 10 basis point rate cut in Q4 2025 [11][12] Group 5: Currency and Asset Allocation - The Chinese yuan is expected to appreciate moderately, potentially reaching 7.1 by the end of 2025 and 7.05 by the end of 2026 [15] - Asset allocation recommendations for China include overweighting stocks, standard allocation to commodities and bonds, and underweighting cash [16] - The stock market is entering the second phase of a bull market, with accelerated sector rotation, and short-term optimism is noted for AI hardware and applications, internet, healthcare, chemicals, machinery, and consumer staples [17]