German economic growth likely to slow through export channel

Sep 06, 2016 06:40 am UTC| Commentary

The stronger state of the German economy suggests stable healthy domestic climate. Employment in the country is expanding more, growing 1.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, while interest rates are extremely...

US Election Series

US Election Series: Trump likely to benefit from colder welcome of Obama in China G20

Sep 06, 2016 06:39 am UTC| Commentary

Chinese leaders deliberately (allegedly) delivered a diplomatic snub when they provided red carpeted staircases to get down of the plane to all the global leaders arriving for the G20 in China that include, Indian Prime...

NZ wholesale trade records fastest quarterly gain in two years

Sep 06, 2016 06:38 am UTC| Commentary

New Zealands wholesale trade recorded the fastest quarterly gain in two years during the second three months of the year, buoyed by gains in fruit exports that helped support underpin sales of grocery, liquor and tobacco...

India’s strong fundamentals may spur potential yield-chasing portfolio inflows and FDIs

Sep 06, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Commentary

Global excess liquidity is expected to continue to be accommodative in the near future. Thus high-yielding Indian rupee is likely to gain from Indias strong fundamentals that might spur potential yield-chasing portfolio...

RBA monetary policy: Assessing future bias

Sep 06, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained its monetary policy stance at todays meeting and kept interest rates steady at 1.5 percent. Lets look at the details of policy announcement to assess the bias of RBA. Key...

New Zealand house prices rise fastest in 10 months, new bank lending rules in focus

Sep 06, 2016 06:05 am UTC| Commentary

Housing prices in New Zealand rose at the fastest pace in almost 10 months during August, less than a month farther from the imposition of new bank lending rules on residential properties. Also, the largest city of...

Australian bonds trade lower as RBA maintains record low interest rate

Sep 06, 2016 06:01 am UTC| Commentary

The Australian government bonds traded lower Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia in its September monetary policy meeting maintained its official cash rate at a record low of 1.50 percent, widely in line with...