Exports continue to face headwinds in Taiwan
Sep 08, 2015 01:17 am UTC| Commentary Economy
August trade data remained disappointing. Exports contracted 14.8% (YoY) in dollar terms, worse than the -11.9% in Jul15. Admittedly, the weakness in headline numbers was partly caused by the high base in the year-ago...
Domestic demand becomes key driver of GDP growth in the CEE region
Sep 08, 2015 00:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The structure of GDP growth in the Centeral and Eastern Europe (CEE) region is gradually changing. While in 2011 and 2012, net exports represented the key source of GDP growth, we are now seeing a visible shift towards...
U.K. housing market imbalance continues in August
Sep 07, 2015 07:51 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The key feature of the U.K. July RICS housing survey was the glaring contrast between the strength of new buyer enquiries and the weakness of new vendor instructions (a difference between them is taken as a measure of...
China's activity growth likely to improve
Sep 07, 2015 06:16 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Chinas housing investment should start to see a slightly more pronounced recovery after four months of sales rebounds. Nominal retail sales might have improved as well given a higher inflation rate. Chinas activity...
Canadian economy added a respectable 12K jobs in August, with positive details
Sep 04, 2015 16:56 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Canadas economy gained 12K net new jobs in August, but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.0% as more people searched for work.The headline gain was driven by a big jump in full-time jobs (+54K), largely offset by losses...
Is Japan's inflationary efforts failing?
Sep 04, 2015 07:58 am UTC| Commentary Economy
BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had used the allegedly positive wage development as an indicator of his extremely optimistic inflation forecast. Even in the past that had been a very courageous interpretation of the wage...
Remaining portions of US BLS employment situation report to be mixed
Sep 04, 2015 05:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The remaining portions of the BLS employment situation report are expected to be mixed. Reflecting previously discussed calendar effects associated with the timing of the establishment survey, average hourly earnings...