FACTBOX-Brokerages slash S&P 500 annual targets, GDP forecasts after latest tariffs

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Updates with BofA, Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII), BMO and Oppenheimer S&P 500 target; WFII, BofA, Wells Fargo and Peel Hunt's 10-yr yield target; Peel Hunt and JPM's FX forecasts; Inflation forecasts for JPM, MS, WFII, Wells Fargo, Peel Hunt; GDP forecasts for Goldman, JPM, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, BofA, WFII, Citi, UBS Global Research and Peel Hunt

- Analysts expect U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs to weaken global economic growth, fuel volatility in global markets and raise inflationary pressures.

RBC Capital Markets and UBS Global Wealth Management have both slashed their year-end targets for the S&P 500 .SPX index Trump had announced the tariffs. RBC lowered its target to 5,550 from 6,200, while UBS cut to 5,800 from 6,400.

Following are the forecasts from some top banks on economic growth, inflation and the performance of major asset classes in 2025.


Forecasts for stocks, currencies and bonds:

Brokerage

S&P 500 target

U.S. 10-year yield target

EUR/USD

USD/JPY



USD/CNY

UBS Global Research

6400

4.25%

1.12

150

7.60

Goldman Sachs

5700

4.4%

1.02 (next 12 months)

152 (next 12 months)

7.35 (next 12 months)

UBS Global Wealth Management

5800

4.00%

1.12

145

7.50

Wells Fargo Investment Institute

5900-6100

4.00%-4.50%

0.98-1.02

158-162


Societe Generale

6750

4.50% (Q4'25)

1.09

146.3

7.28

Deutsche Bank

7000

4.7% (Q4'25)

1.03 (Q4'25)


7.50

Nomura


4.25%

1.03

135

6.93

Morgan Stanley

6500

4% (Q4'25)

1.08 (Q4'25)

141 (Q4'25)

7.60 (Q4'25)

J.P.Morgan

6500

4.10% (Q3'25)

1.14 (Q4'25)

140 (4Q'25)

7.47

BofA Global Research

5600

4.25%

1.15

165

7.30

Wells Fargo


3.96%

0.98 (Q4'25)

154 (Q4'25)

7.60 (Q4'25)

BMO Capital Markets

6100





Jefferies

6000

4.43%




Barclays

5900

4.00% (Q4'25)

1.06 (Q4'25)

144 (Q4'25)

7.50 (Q4'25)

Piper Sandler

6600





Berenberg


4.90%

1.10

140

7.30

BNP Paribas


4.65% (Q4'25)

1.00 (Q4'25)

156 (Q4'25)


Canaccord Genuity

6325





Citigroup

6500

4.20% (Q4'25)

1.05

139


ING



1.02

160

7.35

HSBC

6700





Evercore ISI

6800





Peel Hunt


4.20%

1.11 (Q4'25)



RBC Capital Markets

5550

4%





Oppenheimer Asset Management

5950





U.S. Inflation:

U.S. inflation (annual Y/Y for 2025)

Brokerage

Headline CPI

Core PCE

Goldman Sachs

3.4%

3.5%

J.P.Morgan

3.7%

4.4%

Morgan Stanley

3.0%

2.5% (Q4/Q4)

Barclays

3.1%

2.5%

Wells Fargo

2.8%

2.8%

Societe Generale

2.3%

2.5%

Deutsche Bank

2.8% (Q4/Q4)

2.6% (Q4/Q4)

Wells Fargo Investment Institute

3.5%


UBS Global Wealth Management

2.6%


Citigroup

2.7%

2.6%

BofA Global Research

2.9%

2.3% (Q4/Q4)

Berenberg

2.9%

2.6%

BNP Paribas

2.3%


Nomura

3.0%

4.7%

ING

2.4%


Jefferies

2.3%

2.5%

UBS Global Research

2.7%


Peel Hunt

3.2%



Real GDP Growth:

Real GDP growth forecasts for 2025

Brokerage

GLOBAL

U.S.

CHINA

EURO AREA

UK

INDIA

UBS Global Research

3.0%

2.0%

4.0%

0.5%

0.7%

6% (FY26)

Goldman Sachs

2.5%

1.3%

4.0%

0.7%

0.95%

6.1%

Barclays

2.9%

1.5%

4.3%

0.7%

0.7%

7.0%

Morgan Stanley

2.9%

2.1%

4.5%

0.8%

1.4%

6.5%

J.P.Morgan

2.4%

1.0%

4.3%

0.8%

0.7%

6.0%

UBS Global Wealth Management

2.9%

1.9%

4.0%

0.9%

1.5%

6.3%

Wells Fargo

2.7%

1.3%

4.5%

0.9%

0.8%

5.9%

Societe Generale

3.3%

2.2%

4.7%

1.0%

1.6%


Citigroup

2.3%

1.4%

4.2%

0.8%

2.0%

6.7%

Nomura

2.9%

2.2

4.5%

1.1%

1.0%

5.8%

BofA Global Research

3.1%

2.1%

4.5%

0.9%

1.4%

6.6%

Deutsche Bank

3.1%

2.5%

4.8%

0.8%

1%

6.5%

Wells Fargo Investment Institute

2.1%

1.0%


0.9%



Berenberg

2.8%

2.6%

5.0%

1.0%

0.9%

6.5%

BNP Paribas


2.1%

4.5%

1.0%

1.1%

6.2% (March 2026)

Peel Hunt


1.5%

4.5%

0.9%

1.1%

6.3%

ING


2.0%

4.6%

0.7%

1.4%


Jefferies


2.4% (Q4/Q4)





* UBS Global Research and UBS Global Wealth Management are distinct, independent divisions in UBS Group

* Wells Fargo Investment Institute is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank


(Compiled by the Broker Research team in Bengaluru; Edited by Anil D'Silva, Tasim Zahid, Rashmi Aich, Shounak Dasgupta, Vijay Kishore and Krishna Chandra Eluri)

((Siddarth.s@thomsonreuters.com))

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