BNM likely to stay on hold in March: Standard Chartered
Feb 27, 2015 10:36 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Standard Chartered: -Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will release its monetary policy statement on 5 March. We expect BNM to keep the policy rate unchanged at 3.25%. The tone of the statement will be closely...
Hong Kong's retail sales likely stayed soft in January: Standard Chartered
Feb 27, 2015 10:33 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Standard Chartered: -Hong Kong will announce January retail sales data on 3 March. We expect sales to have fallen 2.0% y/y in volume terms and 4.5% by value. Both measures likely deteriorated further from...
Australia's Q4 GDP growth likely to have improved to 0.6% q/q: Standard Chartered
Feb 27, 2015 10:31 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Standard Chartered: -The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release Q4-2014 GDP data on 4 March. We expect growth to have picked up mildly to 0.6% q/q from 0.3% in Q3, although it likely slowed to 2.5% y/y,...
RBA likely to cut rates by another 25bps at its May meeting: Standard Chartered
Feb 27, 2015 10:29 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Standard Chartered: -We expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to keep the policy cash rate on hold at 2.25% on 3 March. This is a non-consensus call. Expectations are split for both the market and...
Thailand's core inflation likely to remain broadly stable in coming months: Barclays
Feb 27, 2015 10:25 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -We note that following the recent rebound in oil prices, petrol pump prices in Thailand have already started to recover, now being up 6.8% as of 27 February, from the early-February low. At...
Feb 27, 2015 10:22 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -EUR: The German Bundestag votes today on the four month bailout extension for Greece and, although a relatively large number of protest votes are likely, the bill should...
Feb 27, 2015 10:21 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -EUR/SEK fell to a four week low of 9.32 after much stronger Q4 GDP data (1.1% q/q; consensus 0.5%) significantly reduced the risk of more Riksbank...
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