Australia's credit growth stabilising at a healthy rate

Sep 28, 2015 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary

Underlying growth momentum in private sector credit in Australia is driven by essentially three factors: one, low interest rates, which are encouraging all forms of borrowing, but especially for home purchases, be it for...

South Korea's export weakness likely to continue and imports to fall further in September

Sep 28, 2015 21:52 pm UTC| Commentary

South Koreas weakness in exports is likely to continue in September, with only a modest recovery from the significant decline in August. Based on interim data up to 20 September, it is expected that exports will rise from...

Reserve bank of India to cut policy rate by 25bp

Sep 28, 2015 21:24 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

With the US Fed deciding to remain on hold, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) now has a window of opportunity to ease its policy rate a final time in 2015 before likely opting for a pause. A cut was expected at the December...

Poland's CPI to have remained unchanged in September

Sep 28, 2015 20:59 pm UTC| Commentary

The Central Statistical Office will begin publishing CPI flash estimates from September. The final figure will be released on 15 October. In monthly terms, prices are likely to remain unchanged. The monthly increase in...

Japan's CPI outlook

Sep 28, 2015 20:54 pm UTC| Commentary

The BoJ is implementing its current policy of quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) to achieve its price stability target of 2%. Accordingly, any discussion of interest rate normalization must begin with the price...

China data watch: Stabilization by year-end

Sep 28, 2015 20:45 pm UTC| Commentary

Like many of us, Fed economists have questioned the reliability of Chinas GDP data. A 2013 Economic Letter from the San Francisco Fed compared the official GDP data with several alternative indicators constructed from...

U.S. domestic strength to outweigh external weakness

Sep 28, 2015 20:34 pm UTC| Commentary

In the US, the Fed will want to see confirmation that the slowdown in China had no material spill-over effects, either via the dollar, commodity prices or broader financial conditions. This is expected to be the case...