Services still drive Mexican economy
Dec 24, 2015 04:29 am UTC| Commentary
Mexican economy expanded 0.2% mom sa in October according to the IGAE index, which is higher than prediction as there was good performance in services, which counter balanced partly by drops in secondary and primary...
Political developments continue to cloud the horizon in Brazil
Dec 23, 2015 00:11 am UTC| Commentary Politics
The political environment continues to change quickly, maintaining considerable uncertainty. The Supreme Court votes on the impeachment proceedings were largely in favor of the government and nullified most of the steps...
Emerging market crisis series – ICA, Mexico shows why we are worried on EM dollar debt
Dec 22, 2015 10:07 am UTC| Commentary Economy
For quite some time now, we have been writing and warning traders and investors of Emerging market bad debt, especially non-financial corporate sector vulnerability. According to Bank of International Settlements (BIS), as...
Monetary policy season in EM Asia after Fed
Dec 22, 2015 08:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
IDR: Bank Indonesia (BI) stood pat to heep rates on hold at 7.5% to anchor IDR stability. it could foresee a space for easing given that pressures on macroeconomic stability have moderated as per previous MPC statements....
Mexico inflation to snap back in 2016
Dec 22, 2015 02:16 am UTC| Commentary
As we move into next year it is important to identify which of the factors that kept inflation low this year will persist and which are likely to have been short-lived. There are enough signals to think inflation will snap...
Brazil's economic contraction bottoming out
Dec 21, 2015 22:09 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Although the recession deepened further in Q3, with real GDP falling by 6.18% compared with 4.47% in Q2, leading indicators suggest that the downturn is bottoming out in Q4: Business confidence improved in November albeit...
India continues to be the main positive story within the emerging market universe
Dec 21, 2015 21:54 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Indias GDP growth has averaged 7.3% in 2015 (higher than Chinese growth around 7%) and industrial production rose 10% y/y in October. India continues to be well positioned for robust growth in 2016 and 2017. (1) It is...
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