Tricky games of Hong Kong CPI amid solid domestic demand, low oil prices
Apr 17, 2015 07:07 am UTC| Economy
Hong Kong will announce March CPI inflation on 21 April. The headline inflation y/y is expected to have eased moderately. Food and housing (accounts for almost 60% of CPI weighting basket) likely stayed high offsetting the...
Improving Aussie Economic Environment Impacts AUD positively
Apr 17, 2015 06:37 am UTC| Economy
It has been noted with a keen observation that Australian macros are outperforming among major Asia Pacific (APAC) economies in the recent past. As a result, Australian economy headed into perfect boom in 2015.In the last...
Fitch: Spain Faces Slow, Uneven Housing Market Recovery
Mar 23, 2015 10:33 am UTC| Economy
Recent data suggests that Spains protracted house price correction is coming to an end, in line with Fitch Ratings forecasts. Improving credit supply will support the housing market, but weak fundamentals, particularly in...
Japanese government to raise is economic assessment report in March report - Nikkei
Mar 19, 2015 23:18 pm UTC| Economy
This (March assessment) will be the first upgrade since July of 2014 The assessment was downgraded in September and October due to slower consumption and has since remained unchanged since...
Mar 13, 2015 04:38 am UTC| Economy
Outbreak of offers slid AUD to fresh intraday low of 0.7674 c-0.40% USD strength weighs on disinterested pre-weekend market Below average turnover worsens slippage 0.7661 5-DMA slated technical ...
WSJ: Japan Has Plenty of Jobs, but Workers Still Struggle
Mar 13, 2015 00:32 am UTC| Economy
Notes from WSJ: Japans unemployment rate now sits near a 17-year low at 3.6%-a level that nearly qualifies as full employment, which traditionally would make wages rise But nonregular jobs have grown to 19.9 million...
Australia NAB: Conditions Stable,Confidence Down to 2013 Level
Mar 10, 2015 00:40 am UTC| Economy
Comments from NAB: Up to a 40% chance the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate goes below 2% The capex subindex points to moderate expansion in non mining "Confidence also fell across all industries except...