Daily Economic Outlook- 09 April, 2015
Apr 09, 2015 04:12 am UTC| Commentary
The Bank of Englands April MPC meeting (1100 GMT) is likely to bring no surprises. Although the possibility of a rate cut - to counter the risk of a prolonged period of deflation - was recently mooted by the Chief...
Apr 09, 2015 02:13 am UTC| Commentary
March FOMC Minutes offered little new information for FX, consistent with the muted post-release price action. With the unanimous exclusion of the "patient" language, discussion of a June hike was not a surprise, but in...
Apr 09, 2015 00:28 am UTC| Commentary
In the wake of weaker US job data, investor clients have generally been focused on two key issues: (1) fading US economic prospects and (2) outside of the US, a possible policy inflection point, with the momentum of...
China's credit growth likely slid again in March
Apr 08, 2015 23:05 pm UTC| Commentary
China is scheduled to release March monetary data from 10-15 April. Monthly new loans in the local currency is expected to have fallen to CNY 800bn (weaker than in the same month in previous years) from CNY 1.02tn in...
China's inflation moderated after the Lunar New Year
Apr 08, 2015 22:53 pm UTC| Commentary
China will release March inflation data on 10 April. CPI inflation is likely to have moderated to 1.3% y/y from 1.4% in February as prices of food, especially fresh vegetables and fruits, fell m/m after the Lunar New Year...
Malaysian industrial production likely slowed in February
Apr 08, 2015 22:46 pm UTC| Commentary
Malaysias Department of Statistics will release February industrial production data on 10 April.Malaysian industrial production growth is expected to have slowed to 4.2% y/y from 7.0% in January as production contracted...
China's CPI inflation likely to slip further
Apr 08, 2015 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary
Chinas March CPI inflation number is likely to slip further with consensus looking for a fall from 1.4%y/y to 1.2%y/y,further from the Governments 2015 target of "around 3%"."We view the 7% GDP growth target and 3% CPI...
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