May BoE MPC announcement will likely see monetary policy unchanged
May 08, 2015 18:57 pm UTC| Commentary
The focus in the upcoming week will primarily be on the Bank of England. The May MPC announcement (Mon) will likely see monetary policy unchanged. However, of more interest will be Wednesdays release of the Inflation...
Negotiations about Greek debt to again come to the fore
May 08, 2015 18:36 pm UTC| Commentary
The coming week is a key one for Greece. Negotiations over a compromise between Greece and its creditors continue ahead of Mondays Eurogroup meeting. A final agreement by then seems unlikely.However, it is probable that...
May 08, 2015 18:02 pm UTC| Commentary
From Danske Bank Markets:The focus remains on Greece ahead of the euro group meeting on Monday. We continue to see the summer crunch time as the real deadline.We forecast GDP growth in the euro area of 0.5% q/q in Q1.We...
Tory majority brings more clarity to fiscal outlook
May 08, 2015 17:54 pm UTC| Commentary
The Tories outright majority indicates that the economy is clearly heading for a major re-intensification of the fiscal squeeze next year. This will represent only the first step towards their ambitious plans to eliminate...
Fresh euro weakness should boost German equities again
May 08, 2015 17:41 pm UTC| Commentary
Although it has still been one of the best performing developed world stock markets this year, the DAX index has come off the boil recently But its recent weakness is unlikely to continue, and the DAX is likely to surge...
Industrial production in China set to have rebounded in April
May 08, 2015 17:31 pm UTC| Commentary
The unusually late timing of Chinese New Year, which disrupted investment and factory output, is probably partly to blame for the weakness in March activity data. Given that this drag should have faded in April, analysts...
May 08, 2015 16:28 pm UTC| Commentary
The dollar experienced whipsaw trade in the wake of a monthly jobs report that largely met market expectations but fanned a little more worry about the economys first quarter performance. Nonfarm payrolls rose 223,000 in...
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