Sweden's Companies expect inflation to remain subdued

Oct 12, 2015 06:39 am UTC| Commentary

The Riksbanks September Business Survey tells that companies are expecting inflation to remain subdued. The consumer-related companies price plans for the next-coming 12 months came down somewhat compared to the previous...

ECB likely to continue current QE program

Oct 12, 2015 06:32 am UTC| Commentary

In an interview, ECB President Draghi said that the QE programme undertaken by the ECB has worked better than expected. He also said that while it looks as though it will take somewhat longer for inflation to return to 2%,...

Norway's inflation likely to drop next year

Oct 12, 2015 06:32 am UTC| Commentary

Norways core inflation in September came in at 3.1% up from 2.9% last month. Norges Bank expected it to be 3.05. The main reason why inflation increased was that food prices increased y-o-y.The prices on various goods...

India's inflation to inch up in September

Oct 12, 2015 06:23 am UTC| Commentary

The expected spike in Indias inflation is due to the waning of the favourable base effect. The sub-4% print (lowest inflation recorded as per the new series) in the previous two months is more of an anomaly and is the...

Euro Area's industrial output likely to fall following German slump

Oct 12, 2015 05:36 am UTC| Commentary

Following the published drops in IP for Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, along with several others, the industrial output in the euro area as a whole is expected to have weakened slightly in August with the models...

US retail and food services sales probably dipped in September

Oct 12, 2015 05:32 am UTC| Commentary

A tug of war between a price-induced drop in US gasoline purchases and stepped-up consumer outlays on other goods and restaurant meals probably left retail and food services sales 0.1% lower in September, after a modest...

Malaysia's Q3 GDP may post 4.8% growth

Oct 12, 2015 05:29 am UTC| Commentary

August IP growth unexpectedly slowed to 3.0% due to weaker-than-expected mining activity, even as exports remained elevated despite soft global demand, the weak MYR and falling business confidence. On a seasonally adjusted...