Japan’s balance of payments and GDP revision
Jun 08, 2015 07:17 am UTC| Commentary
The Japanese current account surplus in April (1.27 trillion yen on a seasonally adjusted basis) did not meet the expectations of the majority of analysts. The extremely high March result seems a one-off rather than...
US labor market report and CFTC data
Jun 08, 2015 07:03 am UTC| Commentary
Any remaining concerns about the state of the US economy which the surprisingly bad US data might have caused over the past few weeks seem to have been overcome all of a sudden. The surprisingly high May nonfarm-payrolls...
Australia's employment probably back to uptrend, but hours worked easing after Q1 surge
Jun 08, 2015 06:45 am UTC| Commentary
Aprils corrective decline in Australias employment was mild at -3K jobs (equivalent to a monthly annualised decline of 0.3%) considering the strength of employment growth over the previous six months (2.8% annualized)....
China's bank loans acceleration
Jun 08, 2015 06:36 am UTC| Commentary
Chinas money and credit data are expect to be mixed in May. First, bank loans and corporate bonds should have rebounded on Beijings pledge to ensure funding to ongoing infrastructure projects, while non-bank credit...
China's activity growth likely edged up
Jun 08, 2015 06:22 am UTC| Commentary
Chinas activity data are likely to have recovered further in May, albeit at a very slow pace. Since both the HSBC and official PMI reports indicated some improvement in the manufacturing sector, industrial production (IP)...
Jun 08, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Commentary
China CPI inflation is expected to remain unchanged at 1.5% yoy in May. Wholesale prices of agricultural products continued to drop in May, suggesting weaker food CPI inflation. That said, administrated fuel prices were...
UK's manufacturing to eke out small gains
Jun 08, 2015 06:11 am UTC| Commentary
UKs manufacturing output grew by 0.5% mom in February and then 0.4% mom during March, making good all of the fall of 0.8% in January. Perhaps then we should not be too surprised to find that the survey evidence on the...
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