Chile’s imports likely to have grown in May

Jun 06, 2016 13:01 pm UTC| Commentary

Chiles imports are expected to have grown for the first time in 17 months in May, whereas exports are likely to have fallen at the slowest pace in 16 months. According to a Societe Generales research report, imports are...

China Crisis Series

China’s economy to expand 6.3 pct in 2016, 5.8 pct in 2017; CNY expected to weaken in medium term

Jun 06, 2016 12:57 pm UTC| Commentary

The Chinese economy in the first quarter of this year grew 6.7% y/y, a slight slowdown from Q4 2015s 6.8%. The economy slowed in spite of a rally in the property market and a proactive policy easing. On a sequential basis,...

US Treasuries slump on higher risk appetite, Yellen speech eyed

Jun 06, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Commentary

The US Treasuries slumped on Monday as investors cooled on safe-haven instruments amid gains in riskier assets including crude oil and equities. Moreover, investors await Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellens speech at 16:30...

Italy May retail PMI drops on unfavourable weather, lower sales

Jun 06, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Commentary

Italys May Markit retail purchasing managers index dropped owing to unfavourable weather amid lower sales, report published by Markit showed. The headline seasonally adjusted Markit Italy Retail PMI, which tracks m/m...

Czech industrial production likely to have slowed in April

Jun 06, 2016 12:37 pm UTC| Commentary

Czech industrial activity is expected to have decelerated in April. Lower investment activity has negatively impacted the countrys industrial production. However, it advances from rising demand for cars in the euro zone....

Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)

Jun 06, 2016 12:20 pm UTC| Commentary

Metal pack is mixed today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold Gold is marginally lower heading into NFP report. Todays range $1239-1249 Gold is currently trading at $1242/troy...

Mexico’s consumer confidence likely to have risen slightly in May; but expected move downtrend

Jun 06, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Commentary

Mexicos consumer confidence index is expected to have risen slightly in May. It is likely to have increased to 89.2 from Aprils 88.9, said Societe Generale in a research report. However, the seasonally adjusted variant is...