A cold winter has hit the manufacturing sector in Singapore

Feb 03, 2016 02:25 am UTC| Commentary Economy Nature

Singapore PMIs for Jan15 have indeed gotten worse. In the month the headline manufacturing PMI dipped by 0.5pt to 49.0. Electronics PMI also fell, to 48.5, down from 48.9 in the previous month. All key sub-indexes are...

Fundamental Evaluation Series

US economy loses momentum in 2015—a glimpse on fundamentals

Feb 02, 2016 22:09 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

While looking at the overall economic situation of US economy, it seems like US economy lost its momentum by the end of 2015. Revised data confirms that the U.S. economy expanded at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of...

COVID Virus Crisis

The human cost of Zika is clear, but will Brazil's economy suffer too?

Feb 02, 2016 12:08 pm UTC| Health Economy

It is predicted that as many as 4m people in the Americas could become infected with Zika virus this year. While the virus only causes mild symptoms in adults, it is suspected to have been behind a big increase in the...

Moody's: Russian telcos under pressure from rising competition and weakening economy

Feb 02, 2016 07:08 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy

The profitability of Russian telecommunications companies will remain under pressure due to high inflation and foreign exchange losses, as well as rising mobile market competition, says Moodys Investors...

South Korea’s January inflation decelerates mainly due to tobacco

Feb 02, 2016 04:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy

South Koreas inflation in January was 0.8% y/y, as compared with Decembers 1.3% and lower than Barclays forecast of 1% and consensus expectations of 1.1%. The slowdown in headline inflation was mainly due to tobacco, as...

German labour market likely to remain strong in 2016

Feb 01, 2016 21:20 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Nowadays German economy is struggling against big inflow against migrants and refugees. The refugees with prospects to stay durably will enter the labour market gradually and can help reduce the impact of demographic...

US personal consumption expenditure preview

Feb 01, 2016 12:44 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Personal consumption, income data along with PCE price index would be released from US at 13:30 GMT. Why it matters? Personal consumption and income data provide information on consumer sentiment. Consumers tend...