Malaysia CPI inflation likely to ease further on decline in transport cost index
May 20, 2016 09:04 am UTC| Commentary
Malaysia April consumer price index is expected to ease further in the near term, with the headline inflation slipping to 2.0 pct on year, from 2.6 pct previously and 2.6 pct in February 2016, on decline in transport cost...
Egypt air disappearance puts questions over France’s security
May 20, 2016 08:32 am UTC| Commentary
Disappearance of MS804 on Thursday over Mediterranean Sea, pose serious doubts over securities in France or rather Europe in general, even after deadly attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and blasts in Belgium killing...
Indian long-term bonds gain on hopes govt will raise short-term loans
May 20, 2016 07:45 am UTC| Commentary
Indian long-term government bonds gained on Friday after finance ministry said that government is aiming to issue more short-term bonds with maturities between 5-9 years as part of annual borrowing plan. The yield on the...
Bank Indonesia holds rate steady, lowers 2016 GDP growth forecast
May 20, 2016 07:40 am UTC| Commentary
Indonesia Central Bank held its policy rate steady at its meeting on Thursday, in line with market expectations. Bank Indonesia also lowered its 2016 growth forecast to 5.0-5.4 pct from 5.2-5.6 pct previously. BI...
China’s loans shrink on a successful bond swapping program
May 20, 2016 07:24 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Chinas loans shrank significantly in April, compared to that in March on an unsuccessful program adopted by the government to swap local government debt for cheaper municipal bonds. No less than RMB 350 billion of such...
NBP unlikely to lower rates in coming months on strong wage and industrial output growth
May 20, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Commentary
Polands industrial production data released yesterday showed strong growth in April. The country earlier posted a strong wage data for April. The combination of both the strong data considerably lowers the possibility of...
Global Geo-Politics Series: Turkey’s press freedom and Merkel’s worst choice
May 20, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Commentary
Arzu Yildiz, Turkeys journalist got sentenced to 20 months in prison and got stripped of legal rights over her children, for publishing a footage of a court trial of four prosecutors, who ordered search of Trucks belonging...
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