Indian rupee trims gains on real terms
Nov 05, 2015 02:06 am UTC| Commentary
The Indian rupee trimmed gains on real terms in 3Q15, which was mainly due to a correction in the major currencies. Paring down of US Fed hike expectations saw the US dollar take a breather. On the other hand, marginally...
Malaysia Central Bank is expected to keep monetary policy on steady keel today
Nov 05, 2015 01:57 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Bank Negara is expected to keep monetary policy on steady keel today. The central is widely expected to leave the Overnight Policy unchanged at 3.25% in todays meeting. Despite the mix of higher inflation, slow growth and...
Small rebound in German industry activity expected in September
Nov 05, 2015 00:47 am UTC| Commentary
Industrial output is expected to have increased by 0.3% mom in September, following the decline of 1.2% mom in August. This should put us on track for GDP growth of around 0.4% qoq in Q3, despite a small negative...
Chile's inflation elevated above target but unlikely to rise
Nov 05, 2015 00:18 am UTC| Commentary
In terms of spending categories, the deceleration in inflation in September was led by food and transport components. Inflation is expected to moderate further in October to 4.4% yoy while core inflation could also slide...
Chile's economic growth improves in September, but considerable downside risk to 2015 forecast
Nov 04, 2015 23:48 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Chiles economy is expected to recover mildly from the sharp deceleration in August (1.8% yoy versus 1.1%). However, the sharp slowdown in August was probably good enough to keep Q3 growth at 1.8% yoy vs 1.9% in Q2....
Downside risks in Australia's capital expenditure and government spending
Nov 04, 2015 23:31 pm UTC| Commentary
The decline in resource investment remains one of the more powerful influences on economic growth, and so a further decline in non-residential investment looks highly likely. However, weaker mining investment is expected...
No inflation moderation expected until January 2016 in Brazil
Nov 04, 2015 23:04 pm UTC| Commentary
Releases through mid-October suggest that inflation likely rose further in October to 9.6% yoy as housing inflation was the strongest in three months and the transport inflation was strongest in four months. In fact, led...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects