Mexico’s trade deficit widens in May

Jun 27, 2017 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary

Mexicos trade deficit widened in May 2017. The trade balance came in at a deficit of USD 1.079 billion in May, more than double the deficit of USD 442 million recorded in May 2016, showed the National Statistics Institute....

Italy’s consumer and business sentiment indices rise in June

Jun 27, 2017 20:04 pm UTC| Commentary

Italys consumer confidence climate index rose in the month of June, coming in above the consensus expectations. The consumer sentiment index rose from Mays 105.4 to 106.4 in June, as compared with consensus expectations of...

Swedish exports rise in May, records net trade surplus of SEK 2.8 billion

Jun 27, 2017 20:01 pm UTC| Commentary

Swedens goods exports rose in the month of May. The exports of goods amounted to SEK 114 billion, a rise from Aprils value of SEK 99.5 billion. Meanwhile, the import of goods also increased in the month, rising to SEK...

Swedish producer prices remain unchanged in May

Jun 27, 2017 17:47 pm UTC| Commentary

Swedish producer prices remained unchanged in May on a year on year basis. On the export market, prices rose 0.5 percent, whereas it rose 0.3 percent on the import market. On the domestic market, prices dropped 0.6...

U.S. consumer sentiment rises further in June, household sector likely to stay on solid footing

Jun 27, 2017 16:32 pm UTC| Commentary

The U.S. Conference Boards index of consumer sentiment rose in June. The index edged higher to 118.9 in June, while the data for May was downwardly revised a bit to 117.6 from 117.9. The Junes data came in opposite to...

U.S. home price appreciation slows slightly in April, likely to continue rising at stable pace

Jun 27, 2017 15:39 pm UTC| Commentary

Appreciation of U.S. home price moderated in April. The SP CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city Home Price Index was up 0.3 percent sequentially in April. This was lower than consensus expectations of a rise of 0.5...

U.S. Treasuries plunge ahead of FOMC speeches, Q1 GDP

Jun 27, 2017 11:38 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The U.S. Treasuries plunged ahead of the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and FOMC member Harkers speech, scheduled for later today. Also, the 5-year auction, due just before the formers speech will provide further...