US: Q3 GDP Upward Revision Belies Mixed Report
The second release of the Q3 national accounts revised up the initial assessment of GDP growth. Instead of expanding by 2.8% (q-o-q annualized), GDP accelerated by 3.6%, up from a […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
China: Bold Reform Measures Lacking in Communique
The growth impetus witnessed in Q3 looks to have continued into the start of the current quarter, judging by the latest raft of data for October. Monthly releases for industrial […]
UK: Robust Growth, Though Economic Imbalances Remain
The second estimate of Q3 GDP growth was unrevised at 0.8% (q-o-q), although the breakdown of the national accounts indicated that the current consumer-driven recovery risks losing momentum unless export […]
Australia: Data Gives Mixed Signals
Ahead of this month’s monetary policy meeting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) encountered a raft of mixed messages from latest data releases. On the one hand, a weak labour […]
Canada: Outlook Positive But Largely Unchanged
Output-based GDP growth for August surprised on the upside as the economy consolidated July’s gains. Growth advanced by 0.3% (m-o-m) on the back of a 0.6% jump (which was in […]
