All eyes on the parliamentary session in India ahead of GDP data
Nov 25, 2015 02:32 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Focus this week will be on the winter parliamentary session which gets underway on 26 Nov (Thu) and runs for nearly a month. While the contentious land and labour laws are likely to gain more traction at the state level,...
Singapore surprised on the upside with a 1.9% (QoQ saar) expansion in 3Q
Nov 25, 2015 02:19 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Singapore economy surprised on the upside with a 1.9% (QoQ saar) expansion in the third quarter (see Table). This translates into a 1.9% YoY growth. The final outcome not only beats the most optimistic forecast in the...
S&P/Case Shiller survey shows a modest acceleration in home prices in September
Nov 24, 2015 16:00 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The SP/Case-Shiller 20-City Home Price Index increased more than expected in September, showing some modest acceleration in the pace of house price gains. Home prices were up 0.6% m/m, and the y/y rate increased to 5.5%...
Subprime 2: the return of the killer mortgage
Nov 24, 2015 12:51 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The subprime mortgage market brought the world to its knees, so what on earth are we doing inviting it back to the party? It was the packaging and reselling of this low-rated debt from US home-owners that sparked the...
Migrant spending and consumers boosts German GDP
Nov 24, 2015 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Today German GDP figure was released, which showed German economy grew 0.3% in third quarter, up 1.8% from a year ago. While the growth figure is much better than 1.6% y/y in second quarter and 1.1% in the first, a...
Domestic demand to lead German’s Q3 GDP
Nov 24, 2015 06:19 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Based on the preliminary report, Germans Q3 GDP expanded by 0.32% qoq. The economy posted 0.44% growth in Q2. The domestic demand is likely to lead the growth rate in this quarter. We expect private and government...
Taiwan's growth remains disappointing
Nov 24, 2015 01:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy
October industrial production came in weaker than expected. The year-onyear growth contracted 6.2%, worse than the -5.5% in September and the consensus forecast of -5.4%. This also underperformed the export orders data...