Australia ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence gains 1.2 pct last week
Feb 18, 2020 09:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australias ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence gained 1.2 percent last week, more than reversing last weeks loss and continuing the recent sawtooth pattern. The gains have been a little more than the losses, so the index...
Feb 18, 2020 04:29 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) is expected to maintain a prudent monetary policy but with flexibility this year to ensure reasonably adequate liquidity, according to the latest research report from Scotiabank. China...
Coronavirus: the blow to the Chinese economy could be felt for years
Feb 18, 2020 01:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Investors are still being fairly complacent about the novel coronavirus. After the number of new daily cases suddenly shot up to more than 15,000 on February 12 following more than a week of decline, there were some...
UK gilts steady ahead of December employment report
Feb 17, 2020 13:41 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The United Kingdoms steadied during European trading hours Monday ahead of the countrys employment report for the month of December, scheduled to be released on February 18 by 09:30GMT. The yield on the benchmark...
German bunds nearly flat in silent trading hours ahead of February ZEW economic sentiment
Feb 17, 2020 11:22 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds remained nearly flat during afternoon session Monday amid a muted trading day that witnessed data of little economic significance ahead of the countrys ZEW economic sentiment for the month of February,...
Depreciation bias remains for SGD to cushion economic downturn, says Commerzbank
Feb 17, 2020 10:54 am UTC| Commentary Economy
For the Singaporean dollar, a depreciation bias remains to cushion the economic downturn, according to the latest research report from Commerzbank. Singapore revised down this years growth forecast by 1 percentage point...
Wage growth has stagnated under Australia's EBAs, unlikely to pick-up soon: ANZ Research
Feb 17, 2020 09:31 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The average annual wage increase (AAWI) under new enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs) has idled at 2.7 percent for the three quarters to September 2019. The private sector recorded a slight decline to 2.7 percent in...
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