US election series: Expect Kasich to drop out after March 15th Primary
Mar 03, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Retired Neuro-Surgeon, Ben Carson has indicated that his campaign might be coming to an end, with him just grabbing 8 delegates so far, compared to 319 grabbed by front runner Donald Trump. We expect Mr. Carson to bid...
US election series: End of Road for Ben Carson
Mar 03, 2016 07:13 am UTC| Commentary Politics
So long Benny. There drops another one. Retired Neuro-Surgeon Bren Carson probably ended his campaign, though he wasnt that explicit after the results were unimpressive for him to continue. After full Super Tuesday...
US economic rebound on track despite weakness in oil and gas sector
Mar 03, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Feds recent Beige Book for February shows that economic activity in most of the Federal Reserve Districts increased. In Dallas and New York Districts, activity changed slightly, whereas it fell moderately across the...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Mar 03, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Commentary
Lot of economic dockets scheduled for today but all with low to medium risks associated. Data released so far New Zealand - ANZ commodity price rose by 0.4% in February after -2.3% slump in January. Australia...
Construction work likely to be New Zealand’s main growth driver in coming years
Mar 03, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Commentary
New Zealands total building work put in place expanded 2.5% in Q4, as compared with Q3s growth of 0.5%. Market had priced in a growth of 2%. The growth was mainly driven by solid activity in the residential building...
BCB likely to start easing policy by August 2016
Mar 03, 2016 05:49 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Central Bank of Brazil decided to keep the interest rate on hold. It reiterated the rational of its previous communiqué, which is that the Copom took the decision after assessing the macroeconomic situation,...
Australia’s trade deficit narrows in January, AUD’s decline puts upward pressure on value of trade
Mar 03, 2016 05:28 am UTC| Commentary
In December, Australias trade deficit had widened to $3.5bn from Novembers $2.8bn. However, it was majorly reversed in January, where the deficit narrowed to $2.9bn. The print was better than the market median forecast of...
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