US district Fed factory gauges expected to improve in October

Oct 13, 2015 00:15 am UTC| Commentary

Canvasses of local firms conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia will provide early glimpses at factory activity in October. The net percentage of respondents noting that business was weaker...

US industrial production probably contracted in September

Oct 12, 2015 23:53 pm UTC| Commentary

Reduced mining activity, combined with broad-based cutbacks in factory output, likely pared the Federal Reserve Boards industrial production gauge by 0.3% in September, after a 0.4% decline in the previous month....

German ZEW expected to fall further in October

Oct 12, 2015 23:43 pm UTC| Commentary

In October, the ZEW investor economic sentiment indicator is expected to have dropped to 7.1 from 12.1 before, with markets remaining pessimistic over the global outlook for growth. As before, the forward-looking...

Rounding out another strong quarter for Australia’s labour market

Oct 12, 2015 23:34 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

After two strong reports for July and August, when employment expanded at an average of 28k or 2.9% at an annualised rate, data for September is expected to be on the soft side with only a marginal increase in jobs of...

Bank of Indonesia to remain on hold

Oct 12, 2015 22:57 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

The Bank of Indonesia (BI) is expected to remain on hold at its monetary policy meeting in October. Indonesias September CPI printed at 6.83% yoy (the first sub-seven percent inflation in the past five months). Despite...

Brazil's retail sales rise sequentially in August but continue to fall yoy

Oct 12, 2015 22:44 pm UTC| Commentary

Brazils retail sales fell 3.5% yoy in Q2 following the 0.8% yoy decline in Q1. The same pace of decline continued in July as well - and the sequential contraction in sales means consumption will continue to be a...

Poland's CPI to have decreased slightly in September

Oct 12, 2015 22:27 pm UTC| Commentary

A monthly increase in food prices (partly an effect of the drought) was neutralized by a decrease in transport prices (fuel prices dropped on the back of the low Brent oil price) and a gas price cut as of 1 September. On a...