Taiwan exports to strengthen but imports will drop
Aug 03, 2015 07:34 am UTC| Commentary
Taiwan recorded a sharp decline in exports and imports in June. The trade balance data of the country due on 7th August is expected to show positive sign in exports. Combining May and June data together, exports and...
Taiwan's CPI inflation to stabilize
Aug 03, 2015 07:21 am UTC| Commentary
Taiwans CPI inflation data for July is due on 5th August. After slight rebounds in May and June, Taiwans headline CPI inflation is likely to take a break from its uphill battle in July. Societe Generale expects to see...
Mexico’s CB may raise rates even before US Fed
Aug 03, 2015 07:04 am UTC| Commentary
The recent Mexican peso outperformed all the regional currencies was prompted by the exchange commissions recently announced measures to support MXN and the weaker USD performance across the board.In addition to this,...
China's PMI slipped to 50.0 in July
Aug 03, 2015 06:55 am UTC| Commentary
The latest PMI report underscores the anaemic momentum in the Chinas manufacturing industry:China released Julys official manufacturing PMI on Saturday fell to a six-month low of 50.0 vs 50.2 in June. A sub-index for new...
RBA likely to keep key rate unchanged
Aug 03, 2015 06:46 am UTC| Commentary
Some market participants may quietly be hoping for a rate cut from Reserve Bank of Australia, as the central banks of Canada and New Zealand took action recently and reacted to the renewed downtrend on the commodity...
South Korea's headline inflation will continue to rebound
Aug 03, 2015 06:43 am UTC| Commentary
South Koreas CPI inflation data is scheduled to release on 4th August.According to Societe Generales estimation, "Headline inflation is likely to have rebounded further from 0.7% in June to 0.9% in July, and month-on-month...
No clear reaction of USD exchange rates on data
Aug 03, 2015 06:42 am UTC| Commentary
The US economy is recording decent growth. The labour market report is also illustrating that it has been recording decent employment rises for more than a year. Inflation is the only stumbling block.Relatively good US...
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