Japan's small business confidence points to sluggish activity
May 27, 2015 06:32 am UTC| Commentary
Despite a rebound in May, Japans small business confidence still suggests that the economic recovery lacks vigour."The headline index of business conditions in todays Shoko Chukin survey rebounded from 47.4 in April to...
Pick-up in US's business investment growth underway
May 27, 2015 06:18 am UTC| Commentary
Aprils durable goods figures of the US confirm that, following the earlier disruption caused by the unseasonably cold weather in the Northeast and theWest Coast port dispute, the factory sector was getting back on track as...
US's bank loan growth still accelerating
May 27, 2015 05:49 am UTC| Commentary
Broad money growth of the USs has slowed slightly, with the annual growth rate of the M3* measure falling to a six-month low of 5.6% in April. More importantly, however, the growth rate of bank loans continues to...
US consumer confidence edges higher
May 27, 2015 05:34 am UTC| Commentary
The improvement in the Conference Boards consumer confidence index of the US to 95.4 in May, from 94.3, was a pleasant surprise given that other measures of confidence had weakened in response to the recent surge in...
RBI likely to change interest rate during monsoon
May 27, 2015 05:27 am UTC| Commentary
IMD is forecasting below-normal rainfall, at 93% of long period average (LPA), between June-September, according to its late-April projections. However, a private agency, Skymet, has been forecasting normal monsoons, at...
Latin America's credit growth deceleration likely continued in April
May 27, 2015 05:16 am UTC| Commentary
The moderate improvement in Latin Americas credit growth in March will likely not be repeated in April, primarily due to continued deceleration in the consumer segment. Credit growth had declined to little less than 11.0%...
Euro area – Economic sentiment likely deteriorated
May 27, 2015 05:07 am UTC| Commentary
The Economic sentiment index is expected to have deteriorated in May to 103.0 from 103.7 in April. The services sector still has a more optimistic economic outlook than the manufacturing sector, while the construction...
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