As incomes rise in China, so does concern about pollution

Oct 25, 2016 18:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Over the last 40 years, hundreds of millions of people in China have escaped poverty as this enormous nation urbanized and became a manufacturing powerhouse fueled by cheap coal and cheap labor. But this development...

Public, not private, money needed to plug Africa's water and sanitation gaps

Oct 25, 2016 17:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

African stakeholders have called for water supply and sanitation to be a priority at the next meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. They want the November meeting of COP22 to integrate...

German out-performance would complicate ECB policy making

Oct 25, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Germanys economic performance has been the driving force of the euro areas recovery so far, and upbeat business confidence in October suggests that the German economy is on track for more robust growth. Brexit vote had...

Danish economy likely to outperform following upbeat domestic businesses

Oct 25, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Danish economy is expected to perform better than previously expected, following upbeat production of goods by businesses abroad, and goods resold by Danish companies abroad are also set to increase significantly....

NBH likely to remain on hold, to meet inflation target by mid-2018

Oct 25, 2016 10:14 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at the monetary policy meeting scheduled to be held today as its policy is still focusing on non-standard monetary trolls. This is...

USD/KRW seen at 1,150by end-2016; BoK likely to maintain status quo

Oct 25, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Commentary Economy

USD/KRW is likely to trade at around 1,150 by end of this year; with the Fed likely to hike interest rates in December, we see upside risk to USD-KRW. The market is currently pricing in 71 percent chance of a hike by...

Malaysia maintains fiscal discipline; USD/MYR likely to trade around 4.15 by end-2016

Oct 25, 2016 08:46 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Malaysian government underlined their commitment to fiscal consolidation when they unveiled Budget 2017 last week. Cutbacks to spending for this year were outlined to keep the fiscal deficit at 3.1 percent of the gross...