Mexico unemployment rate likely fell in February
Mar 27, 2015 06:45 am UTC| Commentary
After peaking in July 2014, the unemployment rate in Mexico declined to 3.76% in December as labour force growth slowed in line with employment growth.The rise in the unemployment rate in January (from 3.76% to 4.51% and...
Mexico trade balance to have bounced back in February
Mar 27, 2015 06:42 am UTC| Commentary
Mexicos export and import growth in January was disappointing and can partly be explained by low oil prices. The sharp rise in the trade deficit (on both a monthly and annual basis) can be partly explained by lower oil...
U.S. real GDP growth likely marginally faster during the fall quarter
Mar 27, 2015 06:38 am UTC| Commentary
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is expected to report that real GDP expanded at an annualized clip of 2.5% during the final three months of 2014, three ticks faster than their second estimate but half as fast as the heady...
S.korea's CPI inflation to have remained low in March
Mar 27, 2015 06:23 am UTC| Commentary
South Korea will release March CPI data on 1 April. The data on 2014 per-capita GDP, released on 25 March, indicated a 7.6% y/y increase in income to USD 28,180. However, private consumptioncontinues to slow versus 2014,...
Japan industrial production likely dropped m/m in February
Mar 27, 2015 06:20 am UTC| Commentary
Japan will release February industrial production (IP) data on 30 March. According to Standard Chartered IP to have dropped 0.8% m/m on a seasonally adjusted basis; this translates into a minor y/y contraction of 0.1%. IP...
China manufacturing sector likely remained sluggish in March
Mar 27, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Commentary
China will release official manufacturing PMI data for March on 1 April. According to Standard Chartered the index is likely to have inched up marginally to 50.0 from 49.9 in February as factories reopened and businesses...
strong improvements expected in Japan's export volumes and fiscal deficit
Mar 27, 2015 06:09 am UTC| Commentary
Japans weak export volume growth has often been attributed to corporates losing their international competitiveness, making them unable to increase their export volumes despite the depreciation of the yen. However, recent...
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