China's weak demand may have weighed on trade growth
Apr 09, 2015 22:43 pm UTC| Commentary
China customs will release March trade data on 13 April. Export growth is expected to have slowed to 8.8% y/y in March from 48.3% in February, which was boosted by the low base last year.The external demand remained...
India's CPI likely edged up owing to unseasonal rain
Apr 09, 2015 22:35 pm UTC| Commentary
Indias March CPI inflation is expected to have picked up to 5.6% y/y in March from 5.4% y/y in February as prices of food, especially vegetables and fruits, rose due to unseasonal rainfall damaging crops. Potato and onion...
China’s Q1 GDP may have decelerated to 6.9% y/y
Apr 09, 2015 21:42 pm UTC| Commentary
Chinas Q1 GDP growth will be releasing next week, which may have decelerating to 6.9% y/y from 7.3% in Q4 on softer housing investment, mixed foreign trade data and uneven domestic demand.Standard Chartered says in their...
US March retail sales may show consumers returned to shops
Apr 09, 2015 21:30 pm UTC| Commentary
US March retail sales data will help to gauge whether a spring rebound is on the cards. Private consumption data in January-February disappointed, partly due to the poor weather, but also because of US consumers reluctance...
IMF’s updated growth forecasts likely to be a mixed bag
Apr 09, 2015 21:06 pm UTC| Commentary
Next week attention will turn to Washington DC, where the IMF and World Bank spring meetings take place. The mood is likely to be guided by the IMFs updated macro projections as it releases its new World Economic...
Slow pace of recovery raises speculation of further monetary policy loosening by BoK
Apr 09, 2015 18:29 pm UTC| Commentary
The Bank of Korea (BoK) held its policy rate steady on Thursday, following a rate cut last month. Thursdays rate pause was expected by all 16 economists polled by Bloomberg ahead of the meeting.However, the decision to...
BoE rate rise is still some way off
Apr 09, 2015 18:16 pm UTC| Commentary
UK MPC left policy unchanged this month against a backdrop of looming deflation. The MPC will have seen a preview of Marchs inflation figures at its meeting and these could well have shown inflation falling from zero in...
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