Sweden’s Riksbank is gaining credibility
May 28, 2015 06:36 am UTC| Commentary
Riksbanks communications seem to become more credible at last. At least EUR-SEK was able to appreciate yesterday. Is this due to the comments by the vice Riksbank governor Per Jansson? After all he had pointed out that the...
Could US corporate tax reform be a boon for the USD
May 28, 2015 06:31 am UTC| Commentary
Could US corporate tax reform be a boon for the USD? In an event held at the London School of Economics yesterday US Treasury Secretary Lew argued that the US currently runs a significant infrastructural deficit and that...
What do Japan’s government and central bank really want?
May 28, 2015 06:27 am UTC| Commentary
Even if BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda steadfastly denies reality ("all factors, all eco-nomic variables show that we are on track and that inflation rate would reach about 2% around the first half of fiscal 2016") at least...
A new government for Finland: reforms and austerity
May 28, 2015 06:24 am UTC| Commentary
Finland will be ruled by a conservative three party government. The new government will be formed by the Centre Party (liberal), the Finns (populist, previously called True Finns) and National Coalition (conservative)....
May 28, 2015 06:07 am UTC| Commentary
The euro-area May confidence indicators are released today and no surprises are expected with confidence virtually unchanged since April. In the US initial jobless claims have trended lower in recent weeks suggesting...
Spain's domestic demand-led boom in Q1
May 28, 2015 05:57 am UTC| Commentary
The Spanish statistical office should confirm the strong Q1 GDP growth figure (0.9% qoq) while publishing the details of the expenditure components. On the back of lower oil prices and car purchase incentives, consumption...
EC economic indicators expected to remain stable in May
May 28, 2015 05:50 am UTC| Commentary
Following a mixed picture from the euro area PMIs for May which were released last week, the European Commissions economic sentiment indicator is expected to remain stable at 103.7. Such a level would be consistent with...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects