Reserve Bank of Australia to erase the last of their easing bias?

Jul 17, 2015 03:30 am UTC| Commentary

Unlike most developed markets, Australian CPI is only released every quarter, making it a touch harder to have a sense of underlying price pressures but also rendering the release a much bigger policy focus that carries...

Chinese Property Markets On The Upswing?

Jul 17, 2015 03:24 am UTC| Commentary

Chinese property is generating a little more interest lately. After over a year of housing market weakness, a series of property market indicators have appeared to stabilize, floor space sold, total sales of buildings, and...

Greece likely to meet its ECB payment

Jul 17, 2015 03:20 am UTC| Commentary

ECB President Mario Draghi has noted that he expects Greece to make its payment on Monday following his move to raise the Emergency Lending Agreement (ELA) amount to Greeces central bank. Funds for making the ECB payment...

Chile: Lower commodities prices bring risks of negative Q2 GDP growth

Jul 17, 2015 02:16 am UTC| Commentary

Chiles economy is slowing. The industrial production index printed a sharp decline of 1.2% y/y, driven by negative growth in the manufacturing and mining sectors, while the index for utilities increased slightly....

Mexico: Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst

Jul 17, 2015 01:59 am UTC| Commentary

In Mexico, Q2 economic reports will be key to confirming our annual forecasts and giving us a better idea of the state of the economy. So far, the latest industrial production report, for May, suggests some downside risks....

Brazil: Confidence remains crucial to determine the outlook for growth

Jul 17, 2015 01:44 am UTC| Commentary

Brazils economy is still facing a challenging outlook. Even though the industrial production index rose by 0.6% m/m sa in May, the trend remains fragile. Headline growth was driven by non-durable consumption and capital...

Indonesia: The fine balance between inflation and growth will keep BI on hold

Jul 17, 2015 01:33 am UTC| Commentary

Indonesias June trade report pointed to some signs of stabilisation, consistent with Chinas better-than-expected June data. Indeed, the contractions of exports and imports eased markedly, with growth falling by 12.8% (5.9%...