Further improvement in Europe's liquidity conditions

Aug 28, 2015 06:44 am UTC| Commentary

Europes liquidity surplus continued to grind higher this week to about 495bn. The upward move was mainly due to the decline in autonomous factors (favoured also by the QE purchases) that has more than compensated for the...

South Korean industrial production probably rose further in july

Aug 28, 2015 06:42 am UTC| Commentary Economy

South Koreas industrial production is likely to have extended its recovery momentum in July after the sizeable turnaround in June. July trade data suggests that non-electronics sectors such as chemical and metal products...

Real pace of Chinese economic growth

Aug 28, 2015 06:37 am UTC| Commentary

Indeed, there are major questions about the real pace of Chinese economic growth given that anecdotal data appear to show a slower pace of growth, a weighted average index of bank loans, electricity production and rail...

UK Q2 GDP second estimate to confirm first estimate of 0.7%

Aug 28, 2015 06:32 am UTC| Commentary

Further data has been released for both industrial production and construction output, since the release of the first estimate. In the first estimate, the qoq growth rates of these two components were 1.0% and 0.0% and in...

Poland Q2 GDP growth likely to be slightly lower

Aug 28, 2015 06:29 am UTC| Commentary

It is quite likely that Polands domestic factors (both private consumption and investment) are still responsible for economic activity in Poland. A decline can be seen in the contribution of net exports to Q2 GDP growth...

Mexican labor market stagnation likely short-lived

Aug 28, 2015 06:27 am UTC| Commentary

The growth slowdown in H1 led to stagnation in the Mexican labour market. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.4% in Q2 compared with its Q1 value. With growth numbers improving...

Brazil GDP likely to contract heavily in Q2

Aug 28, 2015 06:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Brazils economic activity index suggests that the supply-side economy contracted -7.3% qoq (annualised ) or -3.1% yoy in Q2. This prompts to project Q2 GDP growth of -1.7% qoq (-7.0% annualised or -2.7% yoy for the...