Inflation, winding down of stimulus from major central banks such as the US Fed and the ECB, developments in China and the impact of the new Covid variants, if any, are some of the key risks
The labour participation rate picked up to 41.4 per cent from 40.5 per cent -- its highest in eight weeks
Within the Asian region, the global research and broking house has maintained an overweight stance on China, Korea and Indonesia for 2022. Thailand and Philippines remain their key underweights.
Business resumption surged to a new high despite the fears of the newly discovered Omicron variant, and inflationary pressures are building up, a Japanese brokerage said on Monday
CLSA, Goldman Sachs latest to highlight concerns
A cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel and the ensuing drop in retail selling price of these auto fuels should also help address inflation concerns to some extent, analysts said
"We are ashamed," CFO Takumi Kitamura said during an earnings briefing on Friday
Nomura said India's valuation appears "very stretched"
The stock is trading at about 27 times of its 12-month forward earnings estimate, more than two standard deviations above its 10-year average
With power demand likely to rise amid continued economic normalisation and upcoming festive sales, supply-side disruptions pose an important near-term downside risk to growth momentum, Nomura warned
The suppliers' delivery time index component of the manufacturing PMI declined in eight out of nine Asian economies in August to an average of 41.3 from 42.0 in July - both below the 50 mark threshold
Business resumption activity continued its northward journey and reached a new high, much above the pre-pandemic levels for the week ended August 29, a Japanese brokerage said on Monday
The RBI had earlier restricted American Express and Diners Club
Business resumption activities declined for the second consecutive week after a multi-week increase since the ebbing of the second wave of the pandemic, Japanese brokerage Nomura said on Monday.
The labour participation rate moderated to 40.4 per cent from 40.6 per cent. "
Valuation of Indian stock market at 22.5 times fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) earnings is too demanding, said analysts at Nomura
Global banks are battling to keep junior investment bankers in Asia where financial technology firm and investment companies can offer a route to faster promotion and the prospects for higher earnings
Besides strong corporate earnings, the current rally in the equity markets is also supported by benign macros, Nomura said, with a very supportive monetary policy
GDP, according to their estimates, is likely to contract by 4.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q2, much smaller than during the first wave (-24.7 per cent)
Going ahead, Nomura said, markets will focus more on corporate earnings rather than the broad economic growth in India