ECB’s September minutes show concerns about downside risks

Oct 09, 2015 03:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The account of ECBs monetary policy September meeting suggests that relative to July, there was broad agreement among governing council (GC) members about the downside risks posed to the euro area recovery and inflation by...

Canada likely keeps construction elevated through 2015 and H1 2016

Oct 09, 2015 03:54 am UTC| Commentary

Consistent with the strength in Canadas existing home market so far in 2015, new homebuilding also heated up in September. Builders broke ground on 230,701 (annualized) new units in September, the highest level of housing...

UK's first hike not around the corner yet

Oct 09, 2015 03:48 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

While UK inflation stood at zero in August and reflects unusually low contributions from energy, food and imported goods prices, also core inflation remains subdued at around 1%. The low core number is influenced both by...

Despite TPP, India to progress cautiously

Oct 09, 2015 02:34 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Indias position on trade agreements is under scrutiny after a group of 12 countries, led by the US, reached a tentative agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) earlier this week. While its ratification by the...

Indonesia in a bid to boost confidence

Oct 09, 2015 02:26 am UTC| Commentary

The rupiah has gained by more than 5% this week. This came after the string of policy announcements last week as well as the third policy package revealed on Wednesday. However, bulk of this recovery was driven by the...

Malaysia's industrial production and CPI inflation will be on tap next week

Oct 09, 2015 01:56 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Malaysias industrial production and CPI inflation will be on tap next week. Its interesting to see the final outcome for the industrial production given that export growth had surprised on the upside in the same month....

Taiwan's trade outlook remains challenging

Oct 09, 2015 01:41 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Taiwans trade data have remained sluggish. Exports shrank 14.6% (YoY) in Sept, a similar rate of contraction compared to -14.8% in Aug. Demand from China led the decline (-20.5%), followed by that from Japan (-15.1%) and...