Swedish business sector production rise above expectations in November

Jan 10, 2020 17:14 pm UTC| Commentary

Swedish business sectors production rose above forecasts in November. On a sequential basis, business sector production grew 0.5 percent, whereas it rose 1.8 percent year-on-year in November. The data for October was...

French industrial output rises above expectations in November

Jan 10, 2020 15:48 pm UTC| Commentary

French industrial output came in above expectations in November, according to the data released by statistics agency Insee. Sequentially, industrial production rose 0.3 percent, after it rose 0.5 percent in the prior...

Danish inflation accelerates marginally y/y in December, gradual upward trend likely to continue in 2020

Jan 10, 2020 14:13 pm UTC| Commentary

Danish consumer price inflation accelerated slightly in December on a year-on-year basis. The headline inflation came in at 0.8 percent year-on-year, up from Novembers 0.7 percent. This was the fourth straight month with...

U.S. Treasuries flat ahead of December non-farm payrolls, labour market report

Jan 10, 2020 13:13 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The U.S. Treasuries continued to remain flat during Fridays afternoon session ahead of the countrys non-farm payrolls data for the month of December, scheduled to be delivered today by 13:30GMT and the employment data for...

Italian industrial production grows sequentially in November

Jan 10, 2020 12:58 pm UTC| Commentary

The Italian industrial production rebounded in November on a monthly basis. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the industrial production index rose 0.1 percent sequentially, as compared with prior months fall of 0.3 percent...

Norwegian core inflation decelerates slightly in December, Norges Bank to stay on hold in near future

Jan 10, 2020 11:51 am UTC| Commentary

Norwegian core inflation slowed down in December, coming below Norges Banks forecast. On a year-on-year basis, the core inflation eased to 1.8 percent in December from Novembers 2 percent. This downward movement signifies...

Diminishing capacity shortages unlikely to prompt rate cuts by BoJ, says Capital Economics

Jan 10, 2020 11:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Bank of Japan has signalled that it would not loosen policy in response to a temporary slowdown in demand as long as capacity shortages remained pronounced, according to the latest research report from Capital...