Brazil's labor market deterioration likely to continue

Jul 23, 2015 05:15 am UTC| Commentary

The non-seasonally adjusted data shows the Brazils unemployment rate falling to 4.3% in December 2014 and rising to 6.7% through May 2015.Societe Generales seasonally-adjusted series suggests the unemployment rate actually...

Poland unemployment rate to decline in June

Jul 23, 2015 05:10 am UTC| Commentary

In Poland, the seasonally-adjusted (SA) unemployment rate should be close to 10.8% and while it is continuing to fall, it should be higher than the unadjusted figure in the forthcoming months which is caused by...

UK retail sales to remain firm after election

Jul 23, 2015 05:08 am UTC| Commentary

UK retail sales data is scheduled to release today. The fundamental drivers of the countrys consumption are getting stronger. Inflation remains around zero and earnings growth is picking up, resulting in rising real...

Spain unemployment to decline further

Jul 23, 2015 05:04 am UTC| Commentary

The details of the Spanish employment report, in particular the sector breakdown, participation rate and share of temp jobs will be key to gauge the strength and the sustainability of the recovery."The Spanish unemployment...

IMF financing for Greece questionable

Jul 23, 2015 04:59 am UTC| Commentary

As part of the deal, the Greek government committed to drawing up a first proposal for de-politicising Greek administration under the guidance of the EU Commission by Monday next and agreed it would seek Greek parliament...

Taiwan's industrial production to recover in June

Jul 23, 2015 04:59 am UTC| Commentary

Taiwans industrial production data for June due today. After seeing an exceptional decline in May, the countrys industrial production (IP) is expected to recover part of its strength in this month.In May, the islands IP...

Greece to repay the ECB and the IMF

Jul 23, 2015 04:50 am UTC| Commentary

The Greek government should settle the IMF missed payments, i.e., 1.54bn in June and the 0.45bn from last Monday and the 0.45bn arrears to the Bank of Greece.Greece should be able to pay the ECB 3.5bn debt redemption, due...