Economic Outlook for the week 23 Mar to Mar 27: Commerzbank
Mar 20, 2015 08:56 am UTC| Commentary
Economic data: We look for the German Ifo business climate to have moved higher in March. More importantly the manufacturing PMI is likely to break out of its recent sideways trend.Bond market: The spectacular rally on...
Thailand to post trade surplus for February
Mar 20, 2015 08:44 am UTC| Commentary
Thailand is scheduled to release February customs-based trade data during the 23-25 March period.Standard Chartered says... We expect lower global oil prices to have continued to benefit the trade account through lower...
Taiwan monitoring indicators index to remain in the ‘green’ zone
Mar 20, 2015 08:42 am UTC| Commentary
Taiwan is scheduled to release the monitoring indicators index for February on 27 March.Standard Chartered says... We expect the index to have remained in the green zone, signifying a steady growth outlook for a second...
Taiwan policy rate to remain at 1.875% for the next 16 quarters
Mar 20, 2015 08:39 am UTC| Commentary
The Taiwan central bank (CBC) is scheduled to hold its next quarterly policy meetingon 26 March.Standard Chartered says... We expect policy makers to keep the policy rediscount rate unchanged at 1.875% for a 16th...
Singapore IP to have contracted in January-February
Mar 20, 2015 08:37 am UTC| Commentary
Singapore will release February industrial production (IP) data on 26 March.Standard Chartered says... We expect IP to have fallen 5.4% y/y, following a 0.9% increase in January; this translates into a 2.2% y/y drop in...
Singapore Inflation likely fell for a fourth consecutive month
Mar 20, 2015 08:35 am UTC| Commentary
Singapore will release February CPI inflation data on 23 March.Standard Chartered notes its forecasts as follows: We forecast inflation at -0.2% y/y, versus -0.4% in January. On a m/m basis, inflation was likely...
BSP to keep policy rates on hold for now
Mar 20, 2015 08:33 am UTC| Commentary
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will announce its monetary policy decision on 26March.Standard Chartered notes its views as follows: We expect the central bank to keep the reserve repo rate unchanged at 4.0% and the...
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