How to calculate the economic impact of grief

Jan 10, 2017 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The death of a child is one of the most traumatic experiences that a parent can experience. Those who do experience it can struggle to recover. Child loss leads to intense grief and depression. Many affected parents state...

Renminbi Series

FxWirePro: CNY to depreciate further in 2017, albeit at gradual pace

Jan 10, 2017 12:09 pm UTC| Economy Commentary

While the markets are beset by concerns that the Chinese yuan could weaken substantially following its 7 percent depreciation against the US dollar in 2016, we are adhering to our view that managed depreciation will be...

Central Banking Series

BoE to look through inflation rise, could react if slowdown proves more modest than expected

Jan 10, 2017 11:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Incoming economic data in UK do not support the view of an uncertainty driven slowdown in the aftermath of the EU referendum. UK economy expanded at 0.6 percent q/q in Q3 2016, the first full post-referendum quarter. The...

EM suffered biggest quarterly outflow since Great Recession

Jan 10, 2017 09:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy

According to the latest figures from JPMorgan asset management, the emerging market equities suffered their biggest quarterly outflows since 2009, a time when the world was reeling in Great Recession. With better prospects...

INR likely to trade with a weakening bias in January ahead of Union Budget, says Scotiabank

Jan 10, 2017 09:00 am UTC| Economy Commentary

The INR is expected to trade with a weakening bias this month given ongoing portfolio outflows, ahead of the presentation of Union Budget FY2017-18 on 1 February and the RBIs next MPC meeting scheduled for 7-8 February,...

FxWirePro Poll: Subdued inflation and negative demonetisation effect to pressurize RBI for rate cut in February

Jan 10, 2017 07:11 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy Insights & Views

Indias inflation continued to remain subdued during the month of November, exerting deeper pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to undertake easing policy in the next 2-day bi-monthly monetary policy scheduled to be...

Malaysia industrial production likely to expand robustly in November on surge in export sales

Jan 10, 2017 06:36 am UTC| Economy

Malaysia industrial production is expected to register a robust expansion of 6.5 percent y/y in November, expanding up from 4.2 percent in October. This strong reading should come in the wake of recent surge in export...