The BOJ gave no hint of an imminent policy

Oct 08, 2015 02:19 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Japan kept its QQE program unchanged yesterday and gave no hint of an imminent policy change. In the statement, the BOJ acknowledged the weakness in production and exports, but remained confident about the...

India's domestic markets stabilise, foreign debt ceilings to be raised

Oct 08, 2015 02:09 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Fading external risks and the Reserve Bank of Indias (RBI) recent bunchedup rate cut stoked a relief rally in the Indian financial markets. With the US Fed expected to remain in the waiting-mode for longer, benchmark...

Thailand: Fiscal policy and the TPP

Oct 08, 2015 02:04 am UTC| Commentary

A couple of things caught attention this week. First was the indication that the government has spent 94% of its budget in the fiscal year, ending in September. The budget office added that there will be an extra stimulus...

Malaysia's export sales surprised on the upside but mainly due to valuation effect

Oct 08, 2015 01:37 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Malaysias export sales surprised on the upside but mainly due to valuation effect. The headline export growth number registered an expansion of 4.1% YoY, stronger than market expectation of 1.3%. Imports fell 6.1%, which...

BoE Monetary Policy: No change but watch for more comments about China

Oct 08, 2015 00:42 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Predicting the outcome of the meeting is straightforward. The committee should leave policy unchanged and the vote should be a repeat of last months 8-1(McCafferty). In the new publication framework introduced in August,...

UK industrial production rebounded in August

Oct 08, 2015 00:15 am UTC| Commentary

UK industrial production rebounded in August after two consecutive months of decline, rising at its fastest pace since February 2014 and overshooting the consensus expectations. Mining quarrying output (6.0% m/m, +0.9pp...

US import prices likely remained on a downtrend in September

Oct 07, 2015 23:38 pm UTC| Commentary

Softer petroleum quotes, combined with projected reductions in other foreign product costs, probably pared the Import Price Index (IPI) by 0.9% in September, boosting the cumulative decline since June to 3.7%. Available...