downgrade
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“For 2026, we expect to see consensus down to reflect the guidance – on operating profit, we expect mid-single digit downgrades to consensus,” the analysts said in a note to clients.
“An explicit downgrade of the growth target would lower the demand for stimulus, particularly as exports and the new economy continued to support headline growth in the K-shaped recovery,” the economists said in a note.
“Using current spot prices we forecast today´s downgrades to consensus estimates will be offset by mark to market upgrades to commodity prices if current strength continues,” the analysts say.
Announcing the downgrade from its previous estimate of a 1.3 percent expansion made in October, the economy ministry insisted it was pushing ahead with structural reforms to help support long-term growth.
From Barron's
The “downgrade” isn’t a temporary dip — it’s a structural evolution.
From MarketWatch
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