Canadian manufacturing sales likely to have fallen in June

Aug 11, 2017 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary

Canadas manufacturing sales are likely to have dropped in June. According to a TD Economics research report, the manufacturing sales are expected to have fallen 1.2 percent sequentially, though weaker factory prices should...

U.S. industrial production growth likely remained flat in July, expected to grow 2.5 pct in H2

Aug 11, 2017 22:18 pm UTC| Commentary

U.S. industrial production growth is expected to have remained flat in July. In the previous month, industrial production grew 0.4 percent as both manufacturing and mining overcame a drop in utilities output. Mining...

U.S. housing starts likely to have rebounded modestly in July

Aug 11, 2017 22:07 pm UTC| Commentary

U.S. housing starts are expected to have increased in July. In June, housing starts had risen 8.3 percent to a 1.215 million-unit rate. With unseasonably warm weather to start the year, Junes rise marked the first positive...

U.S. retail sales likely to have improved in July, says TD Economics

Aug 11, 2017 21:59 pm UTC| Commentary

U.S. retail sales is expected to have improved in July. According to a TD Economics research report, retail sales is likely to have rebounded 0.4 percent in July, led by a solid 0.5 percent rise in the control group, which...

Russian Q2 economic growth accelerates to fastest rate in nearly four years

Aug 11, 2017 21:51 pm UTC| Commentary

Russias second quarter growth accelerates to the most rapid rate in almost four years. The data released on Friday showed that the real GDP in Russia accelerated to 2.5 percent year-on-year growth from the first quarters...

U.S. inflation remains stable in July, inflation pressures likely to build through remainder of 2017

Aug 11, 2017 16:33 pm UTC| Commentary

U.S. inflation has remained stable in July. The weakness in U.S. inflation has not yet waned. The headline inflation rate rose 0.1 percentage point to a still tepid 1.7 percent year-on-year in July, while the core rate...

Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)

Aug 11, 2017 12:08 pm UTC| Commentary

The metal pack is mixed today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold: Gold has broken a key resistance line. Looking to move higher on North Korean tensions. Todays range $1283-1289 In the...