Mar 16, 2015 14:55 pm UTC| Commentary
US event risk will be top of mind this week as investors ready themselves for a potentially high-impact Federal Reserve interest rate decision on Wed March 18th at 18:00. In anticipation of a more hawkish US central bank...
Yen depreciation is likely to push up Japan's exports volume in 2015
Mar 16, 2015 12:04 pm UTC| Commentary
Japans trade deficit likely to be at 829 bn in February, barely unchanged from the year earlier level (805 bn in February 2014).As this years Lunar New Year holiday was much later than usual, export data may have had a...
Mexico retail sales likely grew near-trend pace in January
Mar 16, 2015 09:48 am UTC| Commentary
Mexicos December retail sales (2.4% yoy) grew at nearly the same pace as the trend of the past 12months (2.7%).While retail sales growth in H2 14 was stronger than in H1, the slow pace of sales growth in November and...
Chile's economy still growing below trend
Mar 16, 2015 09:45 am UTC| Commentary
The Chilean economy grew at 2.9% yoy in December and 2.7% in January - both figures arebelow trend - as a base effect sharply pulled up export growth.However, growth has limited upside in the medium term as the outlook for...
Despite upside risk to Chile's core prices, inflation is set to moderate further
Mar 16, 2015 09:43 am UTC| Commentary
Recent inflation numbers suggest that headline inflation has started moderating but that core inflation has continued to move up.Societe Generale notes the following in a report on Monday... We expect February to be the...
Chile's economy likely grew by 1.8% in 2014, less than half the pace in 2013
Mar 16, 2015 09:08 am UTC| Commentary
The relatively stronger export growth in Chile - on the back of the base effect - pulled up growth numbers in December and January to respectable levels, albeit still below trend. Societe Generale notes the following in a...
Brazil's IPCA-15 inflation likely rose to 7.68% yoy through mid-March
Mar 16, 2015 09:05 am UTC| Commentary
After hitting 7.14% in January due to the rise in the administered prices of electricity andenergy, inflation rose further in February to 7.70% yoy primarily on account of the continued rise in transport prices (8.1% yoy...
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