French June inflation to continue to climb
Jul 15, 2015 05:24 am UTC| Commentary
For the month of June, French energy prices are expected to have contributed the most, followed by higher food prices. The ongoing rebound in gasoline prices could continue to provide upside push to the energy...
The ECB ready to act in relation to Greek situation
Jul 15, 2015 05:13 am UTC| Commentary
The uncertainty concerning Greece has had a general muted market impact, and so far soft words from the ECB have been enough even though the ECB statement could have been more explicit.The ECB did thus not use the...
Economic development in line with ECB’s June projections
Jul 15, 2015 05:07 am UTC| Commentary
At the recent ECB meeting in June, Draghi argued that the monetary policy measures have contributed to a broad-based easing in financial conditions, a recovery in inflation expectations and more favourable borrowing...
Brazil's retail consumption may continue falling
Jul 15, 2015 05:02 am UTC| Commentary
Brazils retail sales for May surprised on the downside, contracting 0.9% m/m sa (-4.5% y/y) from a downwardly revised 0.5% drop in April (previous: 0.4%) and accumulating a drop of 2.0% year-to-date. The broad retail sales...
US NFIB June survey to end the encouraging trend?
Jul 15, 2015 04:58 am UTC| Commentary
The NFIBs small business optimism index tumbled by 4.2 points in June to 94.1, the lowest reading in more than a yearThis was an unexpectedly weak report, running contrary to Junes performance of consumer confidence and...
Greek deal turns Fed focus back to domestic data
Jul 15, 2015 04:50 am UTC| Commentary
The long-held view has been that the Fed would deliver the first Fed funds rate hike in September this year. This view is based on expectation that US GDP growth should be in the 2.5-3.0% range in the current and coming...
Daily Economic Outlook: 15th, July
Jul 15, 2015 04:39 am UTC| Commentary
Recent months have seen some signs of a slowdown in labour market activity. Employment growth has eased from a quarterly average of 225k in each of the first three months of the year, to 114k in the quarter to April, while...
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