Emerging Europe Economics Update Russian overseas investment plans pose little threat 1st February 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Central banks put to the test (Feb 08) Asia as a whole is in good shape to weather a global slowdown this year, but the contraction in Singapore’s GDP at the end of 2007 underlines that smaller, tradereliant economies will suffer as demand... 31st January 2008 · 1 min read
BoE Watch MPC to tread carefully Recent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) communications have just about made a rate cut on Thursday a done deal. The recent equity market turmoil has raised the question of whether the MPC should follow... 31st January 2008 · 1 min read
ECB Watch Interest rates heading for 3.0%, eventually The ECB is likely to maintain a hawkish stance at February’s Governing Council meeting and press conference, denting hopes that it might cut interest rates within a couple of months. But with the... 31st January 2008 · 1 min read
Europe Data Response Euro-zone EC Survey (Jan.), CPI (Jan.) & Unemp. (Dec.) 31st January 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update Recovery in construction to help rescue Japanese GDP The latest housing starts data should (but perhaps won’t) quieten talk that Japan is heading into recession. Indeed, we are increasingly confident that a sustained recovery in the construction sector... 31st January 2008 · 1 min read