Taiwan CBC likely to maintain a pro-growth monetary policy stance in June
Jun 25, 2015 04:17 am UTC| Commentary
The Taiwan central bank (CBC) is scheduled to hold its next quarterly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on 25 June.Weaker-than-expected Q1 GDP growth +3.37% y/y and the lack of upside risk to headline inflation...
Daily Economic Outlook: 25th June, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 04:15 am UTC| Commentary
Given yesterdays upward revision to US Q1 GDP growth from -0.7% q/q (saar) to -0.2%, which largely reflected stronger household consumption, todays personal income and spending figures for May will be scrutinised for...
The potential catalysts in the Brazil's monetary policy outlook
Jun 25, 2015 03:37 am UTC| Commentary
An important mover could be a change in the Brazils inflation target. Tomorrow, the National Monetary Council (CMN) will meet to reaffirm the 2016 target and announce the 2017 target. "The CMN could either increase the...
Does softer labor market effect Brazil's growth and inflation?
Jun 25, 2015 03:26 am UTC| Commentary
Wages are seeing downtrend, but not necessarily affecting inflation. The Copom acknowledges the deterioration of the labor market and despite stating that wage adjustments are now closer to its estimate of productivity...
Brazil's inflation forecasts shows anchoring only by Q2 17
Jun 25, 2015 03:20 am UTC| Commentary
The regulated price adjustments broadly influenced Brazils Inflation forecasts . The Copom has affirmed that between Q2 15 and Q1 16, inflation forecasts will be higher, partially because of this and the upside surprise in...
Japan's fiscal consolidation plan and reform agenda are positive; concrete targets are needed
Jun 25, 2015 00:47 am UTC| Commentary
Reforms are also important to driving further growth. The cabinet office released an update of the third arrow of Abenomics; i.e., reforms, early this week. Its last update was in June 2014.The latest draft calls for a...
Japan core inflation likely slowed to 0%
Jun 24, 2015 23:25 pm UTC| Commentary
Japan releases May inflation, employment and household spending data on 26 June. May core inflation (excluding fresh food) is expected to have slowed further to 0% y/y, the same level as in May 2013, shortly after the Bank...
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