Latin America Economics Update Central Bank of Chile signals programme of QE 10th July 2009 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Focus India set to come back strongly India’s 2008-09 slowdown seems to have been a short pause rather than anything more serious. The economy is picking up again and a long period of sustained high GDP growth looks likely. Current... 10th July 2009 · 1 min read
Global Economic Outlook Recovery to disappoint as new threats emerge (Q3 09) The worst case scenario of a complete financial and economic meltdown has been averted. Nonetheless, some of the alternatives are still pretty nasty. Indeed, new threats are emerging in the form of... 9th July 2009 · 1 min read
Lacklustre recovery will keep interest rates and bond yields low (Q2 2009) The improvement in business and consumer confidence surveys has to date been less convincing in the euro-zone than elsewhere. Economic activity is unlikely to do better than stagnate in 2010 and will... 9th July 2009 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Update Industry may be past the worst, but foundations are weak 9th July 2009 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update MPC not done with QE yet The MPC’s failure today to announce an extension of its quantitative easing (QE) programme was a little disappointing in light of the continued weakness of the economic outlook. But further policy... 9th July 2009 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update Bank of Korea unlikely to raise rates soon The Bank of Korea (BoK) left its policy rate unchanged today amid signs that the domestic economy is recovering. Some commentators are expecting rate hikes soon, but we believe the significant... 9th July 2009 · 1 min read
