Sharper slowdown in China's domestic demand

Apr 16, 2015 01:46 am UTC| Commentary

Real GDP growth slowed as much as was expected, from 7.3% yoy in Q4 2014 to 7% yoy in Q1. In qoq terms, after the governments seasonal adjustments, the growth rate fell for the third quarter in a row, to 1.3% (5.3%...

Australia's March employment report today

Apr 16, 2015 01:08 am UTC| Commentary

The March employment report today is the Australian highlight of the week. RBC forecasts a below consensus print of 0k for the number of job additions (cons: 15k), and for the u-rate to tick higher to 6.4% (cons:...

Hungary's deflation decreased in March

Apr 16, 2015 00:47 am UTC| Commentary

As in the rest of the region, prices went up (by 0.6%) in mom terms, mainly due to higher fuel prices.According to the Hungarian Central Banks latest report on inflation, inflation will remain negative in the first half of...

Czech year-on-year inflation slightly increased

Apr 16, 2015 00:15 am UTC| Commentary

The Czech Central Banks most recent forecast saw inflation at 0.1% yoy in March. Thus, with actual inflation still above the central banks forecast, there is no reason to adjust upward the current EUR/CZK floor (set at...

Poland will probably exit deflation this year

Apr 15, 2015 23:41 pm UTC| Commentary

Although a stronger PLN may extend the period of deflation, a turning point has been reached in the deflationary cycle that began in August 2014.The CPI bottomed out in February, and after increasing in March, and it will...

UK Labour-market slack likely diminished further

Apr 15, 2015 22:50 pm UTC| Commentary

Februarys labour-market data is expected to show that slack in the UK labour market continued to diminish.The three-month average unemployment rate will likely remain at 5.7% as there was an unexpected increase in the...

Euro area CPI likely to match flash

Apr 15, 2015 21:53 pm UTC| Commentary

The final release of the euro-area CPI inflation rate for March, due on 17 April, is expected to match the flash release at -0.1% y/y. Similarly, core CPI will likely match the flash at 0.6% y/y.Headline CPI was less...