Hong Kong's inflation likely steady in May
Jun 19, 2015 05:45 am UTC| Commentary
Hong Kong will release its May CPI data on 22 June, the housing component likely continued to be supported by constant high rental prices, counteracting the comparatively slow impact of lower oil prices.The headline CPI...
Brazil's supply-side likely contracted by -1.0% mom in April
Jun 19, 2015 05:34 am UTC| Commentary
Brazils industrial production has sharp declined to -7.6% yoy."The fall in industrial production growth leads to project an overall supplyside contraction of -2.7% yoy in April. The economy likely also contracted heavily...
Continuing improvement in UK's public finances
Jun 19, 2015 05:22 am UTC| Commentary
The trend in the UKs budget deficit in recent months has been for a small monthly reduction of about 500m in the deficit compared to the same month the previous year. That would imply a deficit of 11.7bn, says Societe...
Malaysia's May CPI modestly higher
Jun 19, 2015 05:12 am UTC| Commentary
Malaysias inflation stayed broadly range bound in May, rising to 2.1% (April: 1.8%), in line with consensus. The impact of GST is likely to dominate inflation prints in the coming months, with the base effect washing out...
Daily Economic Outlook: 19th June, 2015
Jun 19, 2015 04:31 am UTC| Commentary
This mornings release of the May public finance figures will provide the final official assessment of the public accounts ahead of the July 8 Budget. The April figures indicated that borrowing on the PSNB-ex Banks measure...
Capital controls likely to occur without breakthrough in Greece
Jun 19, 2015 03:49 am UTC| Commentary
Heads of state of Euro area scheduled an emergency summit for 22 June. There could be a last attempt to strike a deal to prevent a financial crisis for Greece."With the end-of-June IMF deadline fast approaching, Angela...
India monsoon tracker: A good week
Jun 19, 2015 02:29 am UTC| Commentary
The south-west monsoons showed dramatic progress in the last week, with improvements in quantity and geographic distribution of rainfall. Cumulatively, rainfall conditions have moved into a small surplus, with the total...
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