Australia's employment probably back to uptrend, but hours worked easing after Q1 surge

Jun 08, 2015 06:45 am UTC| Commentary

Aprils corrective decline in Australias employment was mild at -3K jobs (equivalent to a monthly annualised decline of 0.3%) considering the strength of employment growth over the previous six months (2.8% annualized)....

China's bank loans acceleration

Jun 08, 2015 06:36 am UTC| Commentary

Chinas money and credit data are expect to be mixed in May. First, bank loans and corporate bonds should have rebounded on Beijings pledge to ensure funding to ongoing infrastructure projects, while non-bank credit...

China's activity growth likely edged up

Jun 08, 2015 06:22 am UTC| Commentary

Chinas activity data are likely to have recovered further in May, albeit at a very slow pace. Since both the HSBC and official PMI reports indicated some improvement in the manufacturing sector, industrial production (IP)...

China's inflation still soft

Jun 08, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Commentary

China CPI inflation is expected to remain unchanged at 1.5% yoy in May. Wholesale prices of agricultural products continued to drop in May, suggesting weaker food CPI inflation. That said, administrated fuel prices were...

UK's manufacturing to eke out small gains

Jun 08, 2015 06:11 am UTC| Commentary

UKs manufacturing output grew by 0.5% mom in February and then 0.4% mom during March, making good all of the fall of 0.8% in January. Perhaps then we should not be too surprised to find that the survey evidence on the...

UK's trade deficit roughly stable

Jun 08, 2015 06:05 am UTC| Commentary

The broad trends in the UKs balance of trade continue. The surplus on trade in services continues to rise whereas the deficit on trade in goods continues to widen, more than outweighing the surplus on services. There has...

BoT will likely keep its policy rate on hold

Jun 08, 2015 05:57 am UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) will hold its regular meeting on 10 June, and likely to keep the policy rate on hold at 1.50%.Standard Chartered expects the hold on policy rate based on the following key factors: Recent...