Korea inflation to rebound in H2
Aug 04, 2015 05:07 am UTC| Commentary
Korea Inflation came in at 0.7% y/y for July. Similar to June, food inflation remained the key driver on the back of the severe drought which weighed on agriculture output.An additional driver, which helped offset the...
RBI's repo rate likely to remain unchanged
Aug 04, 2015 04:51 am UTC| Commentary
The RBI is expected to remain on hold at its bimonthly monetary policy meeting today. Although production data continue to remain weak and growth concerns persist, the RBI would be more worried about how to keep inflation...
External risks remain for UK's inflation
Aug 04, 2015 04:45 am UTC| Commentary
However, external factors will also need to be taken into consideration while measuring inflation risks. The July MPC minutes noted that "for a number of members, the balance of risks to medium-term inflation relative to...
UK's rising domestic inflationary pressures
Aug 04, 2015 04:42 am UTC| Commentary
Even though inflation fell back to zero in June, underlying domestic inflation pressures are rising.Firstly, in its latest Inflation Report, the BoE estimated the output gap at 0.5% of GDP and expected it to close in a...
Inflation report to give clues on the timing of BoE's first rate hike
Aug 04, 2015 04:39 am UTC| Commentary
The Inflation Report will give more colour on the MPCs next move, with an update on growth, unemployment rate and inflation projections."Only minor changes are expected to the projections, but the Inflation Report and the...
More colors likely on the timing of BOE's first rate
Aug 04, 2015 04:36 am UTC| Commentary
Following on from the Warsh Review, Thursdays meeting will mark the first meeting under the new meeting system: the outcome of the MPC meeting, the minutes and the Inflation Report will all be published at the same...
China's headline manufacturing decline to lowest level
Aug 04, 2015 04:36 am UTC| Commentary
In China, the headline NBS manufacturing fell to a five-month low, with weakness across the board; production was weaker than expectations, and declines in new orders and imports, as well as new export orders, showed...
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