Fundamentals to watch out for this week

Aug 21, 2017 08:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

This week is a quite risk-heavy, especially in terms of events. What to watch for over the coming days: Central Banks: Federal Reserve will organize three-day Jackson Hole Symposium, where Fed Reserve chair...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 21st August 2017

Aug 21, 2017 04:04 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Few economic data and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Japan: All industry activity index will be updated at 4:30 GMT. Greece: Current account...

Malaysia registers better-than-expected economic growth, driven by private consumption

Aug 18, 2017 09:37 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Malaysias better-than-expected economic performance was largely driven by private consumption, which printed much stronger than we had expected. Fixed investment, which was the mainstay of GDP growth in the first quarter,...

Russian economy grows sharply in Q2 but may slow down in H2 – Nordea Bank

Aug 17, 2017 19:21 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

In the second quarter of this year, the Russian economic growth accelerated sharply, owing to a positive basic industries performance. But several factors might slow down economic activity in the second half of this year,...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

The UK's plan for post-Brexit customs is more hopeful than realistic

Aug 17, 2017 15:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The UK government has just issued its official position paper on the issue of the customs union and Brexit. It emphasises a desire for the most frictionless trade possible in goods between the UK and the EU and proposes...

Fitch Affirms Malaysia at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Aug 17, 2017 10:56 am UTC| Economy Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malaysias Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at A- with a Stable Outlook. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this rating action commentary. KEY...

Riksbank likely to adopt first rate hike by mid-2018, says Commerzbank

Aug 17, 2017 08:27 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

Swedish inflation rates surprised markedly to the upside in July. The headline rate rose to 2.2% on the year, the core rate (with constant mortgage rates) to 2.4 percent. Both rates are thus moving above the inflation...