Russia's headline retail sales set to slide further
Jun 18, 2015 06:51 am UTC| Commentary
In the aftermath of a negative surprise on Russias retail sales both in food and non-food components in April. Muted growth in nominal income, stall speed in retail credit growth and unprecedented price growth that...
Russian capital expenditure to demonstrate resilience
Jun 18, 2015 06:44 am UTC| Commentary
Russian capital spending remains the most resilient component of domestic demand which was marginally supported by a rather rapid restoration of overall profits and abundant government spending since the start of 2015....
Limited growth in Poland's industrial output
Jun 18, 2015 06:39 am UTC| Commentary
Polands industrial output growth in May was mainly driven by growth in manufacturing (1.4% yoy) and mining (3.2% yoy). Accorrding to Societe Generale, the overal industrial output growth to have increased to 3.9% yoy in...
Poland's PPI still in negative territory
Jun 18, 2015 06:12 am UTC| Commentary
Polands PPI in May seems to be increased from April, but likely to be in negative territory.According to Societe genrales estimation, "producers price index to have jumped to -2.1% yoy in May from -2.6% in April. In...
Poland's PPI still in negative territory
Jun 18, 2015 06:10 am UTC| Commentary
Polands PPI in May seems to be increased from April, but likely to be in negative territory.According to Societe genrales estimation, "producers price index to have jumped to -2.1% yoy in May from -2.6% in April. In...
Poland posts higher retail sales growth
Jun 18, 2015 06:01 am UTC| Commentary
Polands retail sales in May is in increasing trend. The retail sales growth is expected to accelerate to 1.2% in May from -1.5% in April, states Societe generale. Retail sales were mainly driven by food, car sales and...
Weak Q1 GDP puts pressure on SNB
Jun 18, 2015 05:52 am UTC| Commentary
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is likely to leave its policy stance unchanged this week. However, the weakness in real GDP and core inflation at the start of this year has increased pressure for further action by the SNB,...
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