Germany’s industrial production likely recovered in January

Mar 07, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Germanys industrial output is expected to have rebounded in January 2016 after recording weak growth in December. However, industrial sectors growth continues to be weak. Industrial production in December had dropped 1.2%...

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Brazil’s inflation likely accelerated in February, upside risks to inflation continues to rise

Mar 07, 2016 12:16 pm UTC| Commentary

February is expected to have been the last month Brazils inflation accelerated given that the surge in regulated segments of housing inflation was executed in March. Hence, base effect is likely to eventually help...

Chile’s inflation likely decelerated slightly in February

Mar 07, 2016 11:45 am UTC| Commentary

Chiles inflation in January had accelerated slightly from December to 4.8% y/y. The acceleration was mainly because of certain changes in the administrative charges made by the government. In the coming months, this...

China lowers 2016 economic growth target range, highlights supply side reforms for structural adjustments

Mar 07, 2016 11:30 am UTC| Commentary

Chinas National Peoples Congress has cut 2016 economic growth target to 6.5-7% from 7% in 2015, on par with expectations. The governments promise to increase Chinas GDP per capita by two-fold by 2020 with average growth of...

Germany’s factory orders fall slightly in January but points to sideways movement in production in long-term

Mar 07, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy

German factory orders for January were slightly lower than in December, registering -0.1%. However, this is smaller than one could have feared against the backdrop of recent decline in sentiment. The burden on...

ECB likely to revise down inflation forecasts for 2016 and 2017

Mar 07, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Commentary

As expected, euro areas headline inflation for February decelerated into negative territory to -0.2% from Januarys +0.5%. However, the drop of 0.3 percentage points in core inflation to +0.7% was unexpected. It was...

Turkey’s domestic demand likely a key growth driver in 2016

Mar 07, 2016 09:18 am UTC| Commentary

The Turkish government forecast the economy to expand strongly by 4.5% in 2016. However, Rabobank projects the economy to expand at 3.8%. Nevertheless, an expansion of anything between 3.5% and 4% is a fairly respectable...