Jobless rate in Japan likely dropped in January on improved tourism-related employment
Feb 29, 2016 08:27 am UTC| Commentary
Japans jobless rate is expected to decline in January to 3.2% from 3.3% in December. Winter-related consumption and tourism have been hit due to a warmer-than-usual winter in December. Since the start of January 2016, the...
US ISM manufacturing index likely rose in February
Feb 29, 2016 08:23 am UTC| Commentary
The US Institute for Supply Managements (ISM) national factory activity measure is expected to have risen in February to 49. This will be a second continuous increase in the gauge; however, it will still be lower than the...
EC’s weak February ESI to add pressure on ECB to ease policy significantly
Feb 29, 2016 08:22 am UTC| Commentary
Euro areas economy is slowing down based on Februarys EC business and consumer survey supporting other survey indicators message. The European Commissions Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) fell to 103.8 from 105.1, more...
Migrant crisis: Iron Chancellor’s iron will and single plan
Feb 29, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Commentary
When the Migrant crisis came into focus, we strongly suggested to our readers this crisis is likely to reshape Europe, more than it did during the debt crisis and it would also make the immigration key arguments in...
Euro area inflation in Feb likely decelerated below zero again as oil and food prices drop
Feb 29, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Commentary
Euro area has likely entered deflation again with CPI data for Germany showing that inflation in February fell below zero again, along with weak readings for Spanish and French inflation. Germanys headline harmonised...
Briferendum series: Weaker Pound strengthens in camp’s arguments
Feb 29, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Commentary
Last week pound ended down -3.6%, its worst week since 2008/09 crisis. Pounds terrible performance decline from 1.44 area against Dollar is strengthening David Prime Minister David Camerons in camp group, who are as of now...
One-off revenues and base effects likely to improve Brazil’s 2016 fiscal results
Feb 29, 2016 06:38 am UTC| Commentary
Brazils primary balance for the general government in January reached a surplus of BRL27.9bn, with BRL8.0bn from regional governments, BRL20.9bn from the central government and a deficit of 1 billion from SOEs. This is an...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects