United States Nonfarm 2nd July?
Jun 26, 2015 04:39 am UTC| Commentary
US domestic sources of risk will be concentrated upon Wednesday and Thursday next week. Because Independence Day falls on a Saturday this year, next Friday will be a day off instead.SIFMA recommends that all fixed income...
Daily Economic Outlook: 26th June, 2015
Jun 26, 2015 04:33 am UTC| Commentary
The standoff between Greece and its creditors continued yesterday with the latest eurogroup meeting ending without an agreement on a bailout programme for the country. The proposals from Greece were still deemed to be...
Europe Will Greece make its IMF payment?
Jun 26, 2015 03:43 am UTC| Commentary
Whether Greece makes its 1.5 billion payment to the IMF that is due next Tuesday, June 30th, is a key risk to global markets.Greece could defer payments due to the IMF earlier in the month under a special provision to...
India monsoon tracker: It’s pouring out there
Jun 26, 2015 02:28 am UTC| Commentary
The southwest monsoon rains increased dramatically over the past seven days, with more regions showing above normal rainfall conditions. Cumulatively, rainfall conditions have moved into a considerable surplus: total...
US personal spending rose 0.9% in May
Jun 26, 2015 01:13 am UTC| Commentary
United States personal spending rose 0.9% in May, beating the 0.7% consensus estimate, while April was revised higher from 0.0% to 0.1%. Real spending was 0.6% (vs 0.5% expected) - the largest month rise in six...
EM and DM bond funds continued to see outflows as UST volatility persisted
Jun 26, 2015 00:25 am UTC| Commentary
Fund flow data for the week ended 24 June showed that both developed-market (DM) and emerging-market (EM) bond funds continued to see outflows related to US Treasury (UST) volatility.However, outflows slowed as...
Brazil trimming the inflation target range
Jun 26, 2015 00:14 am UTC| Commentary
The CMN today reduced the inflation target range for 2017, a change in the monetary policy arrangement in Brazil aimed at increasing its effectiveness, in a context in which the BCB is hiking the interest rates and is...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects