Why are we not seeing a manufacturing rebound in the northeast of US?

Aug 24, 2015 16:24 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

The U.S. manufacturing sector enjoyed a relatively swift bounce-back during the recovery. However, the rising tide did not lift all boats equally, with factory activity in the Northeast showing little improvement. This...

Brazil Q2 GDP unlikely to fall

Aug 21, 2015 09:26 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The June monthly GDP proxy for Brazil contracted by 0.6% m/m sa is consistent with the 1.0% m/m sa contraction of industrial production and the 0.8% m/m sa drop in broad retail sales. In q/q terms, the monthly GDP proxy...

Eurozone growth loses steam slightly

Aug 20, 2015 16:06 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Eurozone growth slowed slightly to 0.3% q/q in Q2, from 0.4% q/q in the two previous quarters. This slowdown can be attributed to the backlash in economic growth in France, the Netherlands and Austria. The modest rebound...

Norwegian economy continues to suffer

Aug 20, 2015 07:20 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Things are strange, at least for Norges Bank. While other G10 central banks have to cope with (too) low inflation and relatively healthy growth, Norges Bank has to deal with (too) high inflation and (too) low growth....

Global IP growth and trade look to have bottomed

Aug 20, 2015 05:08 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Global IP growth was zero on a 3m basis in May and the 4.5pp slowing in the IP growth rate since January was quite large and only slightly smaller than the slowdowns in the springs of 2010 and 2011. Of note, IP growth in...

Russia's economic growth indicators signal extended recession

Aug 20, 2015 03:43 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Russia growth indicators for July deteriorated further. In particular, real wages declined 9.2% y/y from an unrevised -7.2% and revised -8.6% in June and investment fell 8.5% y/y from -7.1% in June. Retail sales,...

U.K employment continues to slowdown

Aug 19, 2015 08:59 am UTC| Commentary Economy

U.K. Labour market report for June showed wages somewhat on the soft side, as bonuses contracted 17%, pushing headline average weekly earnings (AWE) down below expectations. Excluding bonuses, AWE were just in line with...