Hong Kong to post slower growth rate in 2015

Sep 28, 2015 05:44 am UTC| Commentary

Housing market, a key sector to the Hong Kong economy, shows signs of resilience despite a number of prudential measures put in place by the HKMA. Year-to-date, the property market price index climbed to 18.4% y/y,...

Mexico unlikely to get to full employment in 2015, though unemployment falling

Sep 28, 2015 05:42 am UTC| Commentary

Mexicos manufacturing employment index actually shows employment growth has continued at a robust pace throughout this year, due to an improvement in real exports in the manufacturing segment.Although Mexicos unemployment...

Japan's job-to-applicant ratio likely to remain at 1.21 in August

Sep 28, 2015 05:28 am UTC| Commentary

The number of Japans job seekers that dropped out of the labour force increased in March and April, but jobseekers returned to the labour force in May and June. Most of them were absorbed by the increase in employment...

BoJ’s Tankan survey hints weaken business conditions in Q3

Sep 28, 2015 05:21 am UTC| Commentary

Due to fall in exports to China and ASEAN economies despite a firm economic recovery in the US caused the current business condition diffusion index (DI) for large manufacturers to slowdown. Japans real GDP growth turned...

Japan's production assessment likely to be revised down further

Sep 28, 2015 05:20 am UTC| Commentary

Japans production has been volatile over the last five months, probably due to the unstable export environment, especially for exports to emerging economies including China. This may indicate that production is now...

Some growth stabilisation likely in China's official manufacturing PMI

Sep 28, 2015 05:13 am UTC| Commentary

The China flash Caixin manufacturing PMI disappointingly dropped further to 47 in September from 47.3 the previous month. Gauges of output, new orders and employment all decreased at faster rates. This report suggests...

U.S. home selling prices probably resumed their ascent in July

Sep 28, 2015 05:05 am UTC| Commentary

Figures collected by real estate data provider CoreLogic suggest that U.S. home selling prices in the twenty metropolitan areas covered by the more widely followed SP/Case-Shiller (SPCS) survey rose by 0.6% in July,...