NAB Global Forward View October — Resilience to be tested - NAB

21 October 2026

Economy and Markets 

Key points

 
  • Q3 growth held up while business surveys point to positive momentum as headwinds intensify.
  • Headwinds are coming from the renewed spike in energy prices, rising interest rates (short and long-term), and fading support from fiscal policy.
  • AI investment has been a support to global growth; while this is likely to continue for some time, possible downside risks to the sector have come into focus. 

Read the October NAB Global Forward View in full. 

 

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