Reports

“Higher-for-longer” interest rates have been keeping the US mortgage market generally subdued this year. But recent data shows how occasional rushes of refinancing have broken that trend.

India is seeking to rival China in global manufacturing, and the garment industry could be a source of mass employment that could shore up the job market – one of the weaker aspects of the nation’s economy.

Air quality is slowly improving in some parts of Southeast Asia, but serious problems remain in certain cities – especially Jakarta.

The weak yen is sustaining a strong trade performance for Japan. The nation’s exports probably rose 10% year-on-year in June, our weekly nowcast shows.

Colombia’s peso is under pressure again. Like previous episodes of currency weakness, we can correlate this trend with outflows from local bond and equity funds.

The UK and France recently held surprisingly early elections. In both cases, voters returned a historic result. Tracking the FTSE 100 and CAC 40, we can see how equities reacted.

We've added a new survey of US investor sentiment to the CEIC platform. It's showing that even as the tech-driven bull run continues, risk managers continue to stay invested in stocks.

Brazil's economy is picking up and the government's tax take is rising. It still isn't enough to restrain the nation's growing debt load.

Malaysia's ringgit has historically been known as a commodity currency, linked to prices for palm oil and hydrocarbons.

Poland's central bank held rates steady again, continuing its reluctance to join the eurozone in loosening monetary policy.