Feb 29, 2016 12:36 pm UTC| Commentary
The labor market in Germany is likely to have eased slightly in February due to the negative headwinds from weak external demand and financial market volatility. However, it is likely to be only a slow easing. The number...
Briferendum series: Brexit is a threat for EU too
Feb 29, 2016 12:25 pm UTC| Commentary
Brexit debate so far has been concentrated too much over UK as if an exit from European Union would only open up the devil for Britain and rest of the Europe will thrive. If anyone has any notion of such, they can throw...
Feb 29, 2016 12:10 pm UTC| Commentary
Euro area manufacturing PMI for February is expected to have been revised down from the flash estimate by one tick to 50.9 due to the recent volatility in global markets and uncertainty in global demand. This suggests a...
South Korea’s trade flows likely stabilised in February from falls seen in January
Feb 29, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Commentary
South Koreas imports and exports are expected to stabilise in February from the decline witnessed in January. The exports are expected to decline to $34.8bn from $36.6bn in January, whereas imports are expected to fall to...
Australia’s current account deficit likely widened in Q4 2015, but exports likely grew nevertheless
Feb 29, 2016 11:29 am UTC| Commentary
Australias trade deficit is expected to have widened to AUD9.5bn in Q4 from AUD7.5bn in Q3, little smaller than deficit of Q2. The current account deficit is also expected to widen from 18.1bn in Q3 to 19.5bn. This is...
Euro might drop further as German 10-year yield nears zero
Feb 29, 2016 11:26 am UTC| Commentary
Euro is down 470 pips from its recent high around 1.137 against Dollar reached during early February. Last week Dollar got its boost from GDP numbers as growth was at 1% for fourth quarter, much better than expected at...
Feb 29, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Commentary
Euro area annual inflation decelerated to -0.2% in February, as compared with 0.3% in January. On a monthly basis, prices rose only 0.1% m/m, 0.5 percentage points less than in 2015. Four of the major euro nations recorded...
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