
Will blazing a low-carbon path pay off for California?
Feb 15, 2017 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President Trump has made it clear he intends to dismantle the Obama administrations policies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But California Governor Jerry Brown has declared that his state which would be the...
Feb 15, 2017 05:12 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Singaporean economy is expected to register a surge of 9.1 percent q/q on a seasonally adjusted annual rate (saar) and 1.8 percent y/y. Expectations arefor a neck-breaking expansion of 12.8 percent q/q saar. This will...
BoJ unlikely to alter policy on rising global interest rates - Gov Kuroda
Feb 14, 2017 15:15 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, making a scheduled speech in Parliament said that rising global long-term interest rates are unlikely to cause a change in BoJs policy. Under a new policy framework adopted in...
Sweden's Riksbank to remain on hold, risks skewed to upward revisions on repo rate forecast
Feb 14, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Sweden Central Bank (Riksbank) is set to announce its policy decision on February 15th. At its December policy meet, the Riksbank extended its asset purchase programme and said that it will buy additional SEK 30...
US under Trump Series: Trump and his policies loom large in S&P 500 earnings report
Feb 14, 2017 11:38 am UTC| Commentary Economy
USearnings reports of SP 500 companies show that Donald Trump and his policies are looming large. Based on calculations by Fact set, Out of 317 companies that reported earnings so far for the fourth quarter, 165 of...

China's inflationary pressure nascent, no signs of significant pass-through effects seen from PPI
Feb 14, 2017 11:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Chinas January inflation figures beat expectations and surprised the market on the upside. Data released by Chinas National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed Chinas headline consumer price inflation accelerated in...
Global Reflation Series: Inflation strengthens across Europe
Feb 14, 2017 10:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy
After a report showed that inflation in China strengthened in January with the consumer price index reaching 2.5 percent y/y and producer price index reaching 6.9 percent y/y, which is the highest in five years, further...