A ‘hockey stick’ hiking cycle likely from Fed over next two years

Dec 11, 2015 05:19 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

US Federal Reserve is likely to start monetary policy tightening in its upcoming meeting in December 2015, and therefore the central bank will have continued market attention in next year as well, as market would be...

Buybacks and acquisitions to support U.S. equities in 2016

Dec 11, 2015 05:18 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Since US Federal Reserve reduced interest rates to zero level and purchased assets, worth $4 trillion, US corporations have taken up strategies of buy backs, higher dividends and debt fuelled mergers and acquisition to...

Euro area inflation likely to rise sharply in Q1 2016

Dec 11, 2015 05:09 am UTC| Commentary

Inflation in Euro Area continues to balance near the deflation limit, however it is prepared to rise sharply in next two months. This rise is primarily due to the drag from energy price inflation as it is supported by...

U.S. import prices to fall further

Dec 11, 2015 05:02 am UTC| Commentary

Total import of the United States recorded a fall of 0.4% month on month in November. On a year on year basis, the total import has marginally improved to -9.4% against -10.75% in October. Nonpetroleum import prices...

Euro area's unemployment approaching high structural level

Dec 11, 2015 04:59 am UTC| Commentary

Euro areas unemployment continues its decline rapidly nearing high structural level. The latest print for the month of October shows an unemployment rate of 10.7%, which is not far from the 9.9% structural rate...

Euro Area GDP growth likely to re-accelerate further in mid-2015

Dec 11, 2015 04:51 am UTC| Commentary

Euro Areas economic activity has its large contribution from the investments, as they are supported by lagged impact from higher consumption, and cheaper bank lending that has more accessibility. Growth in the private...

Guide to today’s important data and events

Dec 11, 2015 04:22 am UTC| Commentary

Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, focus is on retail sales from US. Upcoming China - FDI data might get released today. Prior 8.6%. Germany - Consumer price for November to be released at 7:00...