Dutch consumption growth likely to pick up in coming quarters
Mar 04, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Commentary
Dutch consumer confidence is clearly being impacted by global economic uncertainty and financial market volatility. Consumer confidence had significantly dropped in February, mainly due to fall in consumers opinion...
February non-farm payroll preview
Mar 04, 2016 12:36 pm UTC| Commentary
Today NFP report is to be published at 13:30 GMT from US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department of labor statistics. The...
China’s FX reserves likely unchanged at February end
Mar 04, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Commentary
Chinas FX reserves are expected to have remained greatly unchanged at $3,230bn at the end of February 2016. The yens and euros appreciation against the US dollar has added more than $10 billion to the valuation of...
Dutch consumer spending likely to accelerate in 2016 but growth likely to drop back in 2017
Mar 04, 2016 12:14 pm UTC| Commentary
The Netherlands is expected to witness acceleration in consumer spending in 2016. However, with temporary factors declining in 2017, growth is likely to slow again in 2017. Conversely, export growth is likely to recover in...
FED Hike Aftermath Series: inflation expectation rises sharply
Mar 04, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
When it comes to inflation, we at FxWirePro, arent much of a dove. In the longer run, we expect all these central bank stimulus will eventually lead to higher inflation. So far, only thing that has been preventing such...
RBNZ likely to keep rate unchanged next week
Mar 04, 2016 11:47 am UTC| Commentary
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, in January, had lowered the OCR below 2.5%. However, the timing of cuts continues to be in question. A weak global outlook, continued softness in inflation expectations and inflation, and...
Recovery in Sweden’s manufacturing production likely to continue in near term
Mar 04, 2016 11:33 am UTC| Commentary
Swedens manufacturing production in January rebounded slightly, rising 0.6% m/m and 4.6% y/y. It was lower than consensus expectations. Order intakes did not rebound from the considerable decline in December, remaining...
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