Additional monetary easing unlikely from Japan this year

Sep 22, 2015 05:36 am UTC| Commentary

Bank of Japan (BoJ) introduced a new measure of CPI, excluding fresh food and energy, in its July Monthly Report, on which they now focus to assess the core inflation dynamics without the energy component. Japans Inflation...

Fed unlikely to hike this year?

Sep 22, 2015 05:30 am UTC| Commentary

The USD will probably remain on the sidelines during the next few weeks as markets continue digesting last weeks FOMCs statement which was considered somewhat more dovish than anticipated. The Fed will refrain from...

Taiwan's central bank to adopt loose monetary policy

Sep 22, 2015 05:26 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Following the CNY regime change, Taiwans central bank quickly reverted to cutting its open market operation (OMO) rates. The CBC reportedly lowered the overnight (O/N) guidance rate by a cumulative amount of 6.8bp to...

Taiwan's inflation rate likely to increase in 2016

Sep 22, 2015 05:19 am UTC| Commentary

Taiwans CPI inflation remained soft in August, but is poised to bottom out in coming months. The headline CPI is expected to shake off the negative impact of the oil price collapse and turn positive in Q4. Core inflation...

Brazil's August inflation likely peaked

Sep 22, 2015 05:10 am UTC| Commentary

Brazils inflation data for August is likely to release today. The August inflation release was a clear downside indicator to the 2015 inflation forecast of 9.0%. Given the recent price momentum in several spending...

Net take-up of €45bn for ECB's fifth TLTRO

Sep 22, 2015 05:00 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The ECB conducts the fifth TLTRO programme on 24 September. The outstanding loans to the non-financial private sector (excluding housing loans) would increaseby 45bn per quarter over the 2015-16 period. The TLTRO...

Euro area PMIs likely to remain steady in September

Sep 22, 2015 04:59 am UTC| Commentary

Any drastic changes are not expected in the PMI values to be released this week. The composite PMI for the euro area as a whole will again be 54.3, with a decline in the manufacturing PMI balanced out by a slight increase...