BOK likely to cut rates by 25bps to 1.75%
Mar 10, 2015 11:23 am UTC| Commentary
CPI inflation continues to surprise to the downside of consensus and the BoKs target range, and BoK is under increasing pressure to cut rates.Finance Minister Choi was quoted as saying, "We are deeply worried that the...
CEE markets vulnerable in short term unless US rates stabilise
Mar 10, 2015 11:15 am UTC| Commentary
CEE markets are vulnerable in the short term unless US rates stabilise.With the exception of Russia and Turkey there has been a long period of yield compression in CEE where yields have tightened to historic lows but there...
Iceland’s economy continue to expand in Q4
Mar 10, 2015 11:00 am UTC| Commentary
Icelands economy continued to expand in Q4, suggesting that the country remains well on the road to recovery. In Q4, seasonally-adjusted GDP rose by 0.2% on the quarter after an 4.1% increase in Q3.Note that Q1s and Q2s...
Tentative signs of recovery in France but not Italy
Mar 10, 2015 10:49 am UTC| Commentary
Januarys French industrial data support the message from the German and Spanish releases that activity was expanding slowly at the start of the year.But the fall in Italian production suggests that the three-year recession...
Central Europe's inflation is close to bottoming out
Mar 10, 2015 10:40 am UTC| Commentary
With oil prices stabilizing at around USD 60/bbl, the passthrough to fuel-price inflation is expect to end this quarter. This is also signaled by PMI sub-indices for input and output prices.The only unknown is the pace of...
Norway imported inflation likely to rise in coming months
Mar 10, 2015 10:28 am UTC| Commentary
Norway core inflation came in at 2.4%, below Norges Banks expectation and consensus at 2.5%.Food prices rose more than we had expected and pulled up core inflation close to 0.1% point. On the other hand the rise in...
Italy’s industrial production disappoint
Mar 10, 2015 10:18 am UTC| Commentary
Italys industrial production surprised to the downside in January, contracting 0.7% mom vs. our and consensus expectation for a slight gain. While disappointing, todays data is no reason to worry, as it probably reflects a...
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