Economic Tracker

Economies of the Rest of World (RoW) countries including Australia, Argentina, Japan, and South Korea are expected to grow moderately in H2 2015. A modest improvement in labor market conditions is expected to drive growth in Japan. Trade and investment scenario appears to be bullish in Australia in the second half of 2015 after it has signed the lo...

The Excel file presents economic and industry indicators for Rest of World countries, such as Argentina, Australia, Japan, and South Korea.

The Excel file presents economic and industry indicators for Rest of World countries, such as Argentina, Australia, Japan, and South Korea.

The Western European countries were recovering gradually in Q1 2015 mainly driven by a stronger domestic demand and an improvement in private consumption. A favorable combination of subdued global oil prices, a weak Euro and European Central Bank’s aggressive trillion-Euro monetary stimulus is poised to drive the growth of the Western European ec...

Emerging Europe is expected to witness a repressed growth of about 2.2% in H2 2015 due to bearish investor confidence and ongoing dilemma associated with the Greek and Ukraine crisis. Although economic growth in most of the regional countries is expected to gather momentum in Q3 and Q4 2015, led by Czech Republic and Romania, the contraction in Rus...

BRICS countries are expected to end 2014 on a low note, owing to various domestic as well as external factors. Weak global recovery is taking a toll on the external demand of these countries, while high consumer prices are likely to hinder strong private consumption growth in the coming quarters. Investors’ sentiments remain uncertain in Q4 2014,...

Increase in public expenditure on infrastructure and spur in investment are expected to be the primary growth drivers of the emerging Asia-Pacific region during H2 2015. Other factors that drive growth include rise in investment, growth in public expenditure, robust infrastructural development, and higher employment. While a positive growth outlook...

The emerging Asia-Pacific region will continue to benefit from weakening oil prices through H1 as most of countries in the region are net oil importers. However, poor economic performance by large Asian economies such as China and Japan is expected to pose headwinds to trade prospects in the emerging Asia-Pacific region. The region is expected to m...

Despite slowdown, BRICS economies are likely to drive global growth in 2015, with India and China witnessing 2–3% higher growth than the global average of 3.5%. Lower oil prices will continue to support steady consumption growth in oil importing countries such as India, China, and South Africa. However, Russia and Brazil are likely to suffer from...