CNB may keep bank rate unchanged
Aug 04, 2015 06:33 am UTC| Commentary
Czech National Bank to take decision on rate change on 6th August meeting. No change in monetary policy is expected in the meeting.Rates should stay at technical zero and the bank will maintain the FX floor at 27.00...
China's loan growth to remain strong in July
Aug 04, 2015 06:06 am UTC| Commentary
Chinas money and credit data are likely to have remained strong in July. M2 growth is forecast to moderate to 11.6% yoy from the surprisingly strong rate of 11.8% yoy in June, but that should have been a result of data...
China consumer price pressures on the rise while producer prices in deeper contraction
Aug 04, 2015 06:00 am UTC| Commentary
Stronger food price inflation will have been the main driver of Chinas CPI. Wholesale food prices rose for the first month in four months in June by 1.7% mom while food CPI narrowed its sequential decline from 0.9% to...
China's trade growth revving up
Aug 04, 2015 05:54 am UTC| Commentary
Chinas exports and imports have both improved in June due to the pick-up in global demand. Both are expected to remain resilient in July. Exports are expected to have expanded strongly by 10.9% mom in July, following the...
Czech Republic's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate to cut one tick
Aug 04, 2015 05:44 am UTC| Commentary
Czech Republics unemployment data will be published on 10th August. The share of unemployed persons to the total population ages between 15-65 was 6.2 in June.According to Societe Generale, "The unemployment rate is set to...
Indonesia economy likely to slowdown due to weak domestic demand
Aug 04, 2015 05:30 am UTC| Commentary
Indonesias GDP data for Q2 is scheduled to release on 5th August.Indonesias domestic demand, which remained fairly strong during 2014, is showing clear signs of deceleration during 2015. High frequency indicators, such as...
Fuel prices to largely impact on Korean Inflation and BoK's rates
Aug 04, 2015 05:17 am UTC| Commentary
Delving deeper, the details show that the main drag on inflation was still largely driven by petrol prices, which subtracted 0.89pp on a contribution basis. Electricity was another distortion this month, with tariffs...
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