Europe Data Response Euro-zone Flash CPI (Nov.) & Unemployment (Oct.) 28th November 2008 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Update Poland: growth heading to 2.5% in 2009 28th November 2008 · 1 min read
US Employment Report Preview Payrolls to post biggest monthly decline in 26 years 28th November 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Will Christmas bring relief for the high street? Tomorrow’s CBI Distributive Trades Survey will give one of the first indications from the retail sector as a whole as to how the pre-Christmas spending season is shaping up. The failure of Woolworths... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Update Latest Spanish fiscal package won't save the day The latest Spanish fiscal package shows that the Government is willing to pull out all the stops to prevent a steep economic contraction. But with the effects on the economy of the housing market... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
BoE Watch Rates to end this year equal to their all-time low Both the Inflation Report and the minutes of November’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting suggested that another sharp interest rate cut is likely this month. Of course, they were published... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
Europe Economics Focus Where will the downturn leave the public finances? While governments across the developed world are stepping in to shore up their ailing economies, the fiscal boost in the euro-zone looks set to be fairly modest. With a gradual economic recovery... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
UK Economics Update Rise in short-dated bond yields unlikely to be sustained The rise in short-dated bond yields in recent days appears to be a response to the higher than expected borrowing projections revealed in Monday’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR). But it is unlikely to be... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Chart Pack Crisis deepens in the ‘Super Deficit’ countries (Nov 08) As the global credit crunch intensifies, those countries in Emerging Europe with large external financing needs have been forced to turn to the IMF and EU for emergency funding. Hungary and Ukraine... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
ECB Watch ECB to deliver 50bp, but probably no more just yet While the latest comments from the ECB suggest that it is not prepared to slash interest rates quite as aggressively as some other central banks, at least another 50bp reduction this month seems like... 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
Europe Data Response Euro-zone EC Survey (Nov.) & M3 Money Supply (Oct.) 27th November 2008 · 1 min read
