French business confidence to remain unchanged in September
Sep 21, 2015 05:38 am UTC| Commentary
The improvement for the whole economy would come from higher confidence in the retail and construction sectors. The INSEE business survey is a reliable tool that uses a sample of 20,000 companies (many more than the PMI...
Weaker expectations but resilient German current conditions expected in September
Sep 21, 2015 05:27 am UTC| Commentary
Despite the weakening, the business climate index remains nearly 1 standard deviation above its long-term average, signalling a still robust outlook for the German economy."In September, the Ifo business climate index is...
Euro area money supply growth to remain buoyant but slight softening likely
Sep 21, 2015 05:23 am UTC| Commentary
M3 money supply growth recovered from a lacklustre 1.1% yoy in May 2014 to a buoyant 5.3% in July 2015. Meanwhile, the flow of credit to corporates should continue improving although at a modest pace (close to 0.8% yoy as...
Net take-up of €45bn for ECB's fifth TLTRO
Sep 21, 2015 05:20 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The ECB conducts the fifth TLTRO programme on 24 September. The outstanding loans to the non-financial private sector (excluding housing loans) would increaseby 45bn per quarter over the 2015-16 period. The TLTRO...
Euro area PMIs likely to remain steady in September
Sep 21, 2015 05:17 am UTC| Commentary
Any drastic changes are not expected in the PMI values to be released this week. The composite PMI for the euro area as a whole will again be 54.3, with a decline in the manufacturing PMI balanced out by a slight increase...
No change expected in EC consumer confidence
Sep 21, 2015 03:59 am UTC| Commentary
No change is likely in the EC consumer confidence indicator for September. The factors behind an improvement in consumer confidence, lower fuel prices, improvement in the labour market, have continued as they were, and...
Spain's catalan elections probably sees greater uncertainity
Sep 21, 2015 03:53 am UTC| Commentary
After the non-binding referendum on independence held last November, the Catalan proindependence parties decided on a roadmap towards independence. The first step of this roadmap lies in the regional elections which are...
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