Greece effect may cause Euro area GDP growth to slow in Q3 despite otherwise firm recovery
Nov 11, 2015 00:52 am UTC| Commentary
Euro area GDP is expected to grow by 0.3% qoq in Q3 15, down from 0.4% in Q2. However, this apparent slowdown would be misleading. A contraction of 3.6% qoq (not annualised) is expected for Q3 in Greece (0.9% qoq in Q2)....
Chile's BCCh’s October statement was not as certain as September
Nov 11, 2015 00:35 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
This realization is also not new. In fact, BCChs post-meeting (October) statement was considerably dovish and the key paragraph now has an element of uncertainty compared with the September statement, in which the bank was...
No improvement in Chile’s economy, while inflation has declined
Nov 11, 2015 00:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy
There is no sign of significant improvement in Chiles growth outlook (although September growth number surprised to the upside) since the last meeting and the economy continues to grow significantly below its trend, which...
Czech Republic GDP correction to be expected after rapid growth in the first half of the year
Nov 10, 2015 23:45 pm UTC| Commentary
A slight correction is expected in Czech GDP from the high pace seen in the first half of the year, despite solid growth in industry. On the production side, the growth of in taxes on products is expected to slow slightly,...
Poland's Q3’15 flash GDP growth trend set to continue
Nov 10, 2015 23:23 pm UTC| Commentary
Polands Q315 GDP growth flash estimate is expected to come in at 3.4% yoy (NSA). The statistic base effect will be supportive for Q3 data. In recent months, we have observed far weaker retail sales growth (both in nominal...
China's activity growth to rebound
Nov 10, 2015 22:49 pm UTC| Commentary
It has been six months since the bottoming out of credit growth. Past history suggests that activity growth should start to turn up now. Earlier this month, the Caixin manufacturing PMI report improved more than expected...
UK headline earnings growth should continue to rise
Nov 10, 2015 22:26 pm UTC| Commentary
The labour release should report that the LFS unemployment rate held steady at 5.4% in the three months to September but the more timely claimant count data for October is likely to show a rise of 5k, which would be the...
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