Apr 15, 2016 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
The post-policy SGD nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) is back into the lower half of its new neutral policy band. This is consistent with the Monetary Authority of Singapores (MAS) expectation for core inflation to...
Hungarian economic growth to slow in 2016, inflation likely to accelerate on base effect
Apr 15, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Commentary
In 2015, Hungarys economy expanded strongly by 3%; however, the pace of growth is likely to slow in 2016, according to Commerzbank. This is because there are risks to German economy from Chinese economic slowdown, the boom...
Euro area’s headline inflation to remain around zero in Q2 and rise higher in H2 2016
Apr 15, 2016 12:15 pm UTC| Commentary
In March, euro areas headline CPI inflation returned to 0% y/y after dropping into negative territory in the previous month. The acceleration was aided by the increase in services prices because Easter came early in 2016,...
Fund flow analysis: Global ETFs
Apr 15, 2016 12:15 pm UTC| Commentary
Fund flow statistics are extremely helpful in understanding investor sentiment towards different sections of financial markets. Latest fund flow statistics available, for the week ending 13th April, from ETF.com, point to...
INR likely to strengthen in H2 2016, but end of 2013 emergency measures may add to volatility
Apr 15, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Commentary
In April, the RBI lowered its key policy rate to 6.5%, a five-year low; however, it is unlikely to lower rates further. Moreover, a new liquidity management framework was introduced by the RBI to underpin the monetary...
European bonds climb on Doha worries, Chinese slowdown
Apr 15, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Commentary
The European bonds gained on Friday as angst rose among investors about the Doha talks and slowdown in Chinese Q1 GDP figure. The benchmark German 10-year bonds yield, which is inversely proportional to bond price fell...
Swedish economy likely to continue growing strongly, to expand at similar rate as in 2015
Apr 15, 2016 11:58 am UTC| Commentary
In 2015, Swedens economy expanded strongly. The economic expansion is expected to have been over two-folds than of the euro area. Capital investment, export sector and domestic demand all expanded strongly. The Swedish...
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