Malaysia posts weak exports, but stable trade surplus
Jun 05, 2015 05:37 am UTC| Commentary
Malaysias trade surplus was rangebound in April, at MYR6.9bn. Exports slumped at the margin, falling 8.8% y/y, worse than market was expecting. The decline comes amid ongoing pass-through of lower crude oil prices into LNG...
German industrial production may have edged up
Jun 05, 2015 05:05 am UTC| Commentary
German industrial production (IP), out on 8 June, is expected to have risen 0.1% m/m (up 0.6% y/y) in April (consensus expects 0.6% m/m, 0.9% y/y), after a decline of 0.5% m/m (+0.1% y/y) in March. Industrial production...
Japan's Q1 GDP likely revised higher; C/A balance remained strong
Jun 05, 2015 05:00 am UTC| Commentary
Japan will release final Q1 GDP data on 8 June. Q1 GDP is likely to be revised slightly higher to 0.7% q/q on a seasonally adjusted basis (2.6% annualised) versus the preliminary reading of 0.6% q/q (2.4% annualised),...
Fixed income: DM funds see inflows; EM funds see outflows
Jun 05, 2015 04:50 am UTC| Commentary
Fund flow data for the week ended 3 June showed that developed market (DM) bond funds witnessed inflows despite continued US treasury (UST) volatility. Inflows went mainly to intermediate-term and total return funds....
Philippine's inflation continues to fall, but El Niño risks remain
Jun 05, 2015 04:29 am UTC| Commentary
May inflation came in much weaker than expected, driven by further declines in food and services inflation, and electricity tariff cuts. Weakness was seen particularly in rice, meat fish, and fruit, which offset a pickup...
Daily Economic Outlook: 5th June, 2015
Jun 05, 2015 04:17 am UTC| Commentary
Todays payrolls report will as usual be seen as probably the number one monthly indicator for the US. Indeed, the Feds identification of further labour market improvement as one of the key preconditions for a hike in...
DM bond funds see inflows; EM bond funds see outflows
Jun 05, 2015 01:29 am UTC| Commentary
Fund flow data for the week ended 3 June showed that developed market (DM) bond funds witnessed inflows despite continued US treasury (UST) volatility.Inflows went mainly to intermediate-term and total return funds....
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