Taiwan’s GDP growth probably turned negative in Q3 due to temporary drag from inventories

Oct 27, 2015 02:24 am UTC| Commentary

Taiwans GDP growth declined sharply to 0.5% yoy in Q2 from 3.8% yoy in Q1, mainly driven down by net exports. Real exports and imports continued to decelerate in Q3. However, due to a sharper fall in imports than exports,...

French goods consumption to show firm growth in Q3

Oct 27, 2015 02:13 am UTC| Commentary

French goods consumption for September is set to confirm that consumption will remain the main engine of France growth in Q3. For September, however, consumer spending in France is expected to show a decrease of 0.3% mom....

New Zealand trade deficit larger than expected in September

Oct 27, 2015 01:41 am UTC| Commentary

New Zealand recorded a trade deficit of over $1bn for the second straight month in September. While the trade balance typically reaches a low point around this time of year, the monthly deficit was much larger than...

Slower stock-building, wider trade gap likely trimmed US Q3 GDP growth

Oct 27, 2015 00:45 am UTC| Commentary

The Bureau of Economic Analysis is expected to report that economic activity decelerated during the summer quarter. A substantial slowdown in inventory building, combined with a larger international trade deficit, probably...

Mixed Euro area EC economic indicators to show buoyancy despite slight softening

Oct 27, 2015 00:33 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Despite stronger-than-expected flash PMIs in October published last week, the ECs economic confidence index is expected to soften, from 105.6 to 104.7 in October. The overall picture, though, will remain positive, showing...

German employment growth picking up again

Oct 27, 2015 00:18 am UTC| Commentary

The number of unemployed in Germany in October is expected to have decreased by 5,000, following an increase of 2,000 in September. Although the decline in the number of unemployed has stabilised over the last few years,...

Flash October German HICP inflation set to print flat at 0.0% yoy

Oct 26, 2015 23:52 pm UTC| Commentary

Flash German HICP is expected to recover slightly to 0.0% yoy in October after dipping into negative territory in September (-0.2% yoy). This small recovery in the headline component seen as coming on the back of a...