US Benchmark interest rate is one of the main drivers of US economy. US federal reserve kept its target policy rate in the range of 1.50% and 1.75% while maintain economic growth expectations at about 2%. These led to continued growth of the US economy. Reuters
Germany’s Economic growth is one of the main drivers of the Europe’s Economy. The German government has revised its estimate for this year’s economic growth from 1.0% to 1.1%. Germany narrowly dodged recession in 2019 and started 2020 slowly. Reuters
Inflation is one of the main drivers of European Union’s Economy. Inflation rate target has remained stable below 2% since 2003 while deposit rate is expected to stay at minus 0.5%. These drives the Expectation that Euro-Zone GDP growth will slow slightly to 1.1% in 2020 from 1.2% in 2019 then increase in 2021. Bloomberg
Canada’s benchmark interest rates are one of the main drivers of Canada’s Economy. Canada annual inflation rate remained stable at 2.2% while the wholesale trade fell by 1.2% in November 2019. These drives the Expectation that Bank of Canada holds its benchmark Interest rate at 1.75%. Reuters
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) policies are one of the main drivers of Japan’s Economy. BOJ kept its short term inflation target at -0.1% while pledging to guide 10-year government bond yields around 0%. These are driven by the revision of growth for 2020 from 0.9% to 0.7%. Reuters
The European Central Bank (ECB) policies are one of the main drivers of European Union Economy. ECB has kept inflation target below 2% since 2003 while Sweden’s Central Bank (Riksbank) has increased from its negative interest rate to 0%. These are driven by the ECB estimate of 10% rise in Oil price having a negative…
US – China trade is one of the main drivers of China’s Economy. China’s growth decreased to 6.1% in 2019 from 6.6% in 2019 due to the Us –China Trade war while Industrial output, retail sales and Fixed-asset investment increased in 2019. China’s growth is expected to remain steady in 2020 due to the signing…
US – China trade talk is one of the main drivers of US and China Economy. The trade deal is expected to add 0.5% point to US GDP in both 2020 and 2021 while halving tariff rate to 7.5% on about $120 billion worth of Chinese goods. Reuters
US producer prices is one of the main drivers of US economy. US producer price index increased by 1.3% in December 2019 while labor market slack dropped to 6.7%. These led to strong readings in December 2019 consumer inflation report. Reuters
US consumer prices is one of the main drivers of US economy. US consumer price index increased by 0.2% in December 2019 while unemployment rate remained low at 3.5%. These led to increase in annual wage growth below 3% in December 2019. Reuters
