Yen depreciaton and domestic demand recovery to help BOJ to reach its target
Jul 30, 2015 05:40 am UTC| Commentary
The BoJ stresses that inflation is strengthening as a result of yen depreciation and domestic demand recovery which is also putting upward pressure on food costs. However, this will still not be enough to reach the BoJs 2%...
More stagnant Japan inflation in June
Jul 30, 2015 05:36 am UTC| Commentary
The Japan CPI was flat in April and May, pointing to stagnant inflation in recent months. Factors such as the passing-on of price increases to products as a result of costpush inflation caused by yen depreciation and the...
Stable and tight German labor market expected in July
Jul 30, 2015 05:32 am UTC| Commentary
Germans unemployment rate in June was 6.4%. The number of unemployed in Germany in July is expected to have declined by 5 thousand, following the small drop of 1,000 in June. Therefore, the unemployment rate is expected to...
South Korean IP likely to have rebounded in June
Jul 30, 2015 05:30 am UTC| Commentary
South Korean June trade data showed a sizeable rebound in exports, and a part of this rebound can be attributed to an increase in production after adjusting for seasonality and differences in working days."South Korean...
Improvement likely in EC economic indicators for July
Jul 30, 2015 05:05 am UTC| Commentary
The euro area is scheduled to release data on key economic indicators like economic confidence indicators, business climate indicator, and indistrial, service and consumer confidence indicators for July. All these...
Japan's FY2020 primary balance goal likely to be achieved much more easily
Jul 30, 2015 05:00 am UTC| Commentary
Japan governments fiscal projection previously was based on tax revenue elasticity, i.e. the ratio of how much tax revenues rise or fall against a change in nominal economic growth, of around 1, which is said to correspond...
UK consumer confidence still rising
Jul 30, 2015 04:59 am UTC| Commentary
The surprise election victory for the Conservative party suggests that UK voters were happier about the state of the economy than pollsters had understood.The labour data showed what may prove to be a temporary dip in...
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