Comparing 2017 predictions made a year ago versus the likely outturn — based on the latest forecasts in Bloomberg's monthly survey — shows that the pessimists called this one wrong. One of … 2016/2017 Bloomberg surveys, except global output, which is IMF Oct. 2016/2017 World Economic Outlook.
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Loans to the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises are likely to be hit further by the onset of new global accounting standards in January, … The new accounting standard, among other measures, requires banks to immediately start setting aside cash for the loans they advance to risky borrowers.
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Hobbled by an aging population and negligible interest rates, Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is keen for growth and sees overseas expansion, particularly in Southeast Asia and the U.S., as key. In its moves to acquire 73.8 percent of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, it may just succeed where
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… wrong this year, exceeding analyst estimates in the first and second quarters, and is now on pace for the first full-year acceleration in growth since 2010. Gross domestic product is seen growing 6.8 percent this year and 6.5 percent in 2018, according to economist estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
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A recent Dexur analysis of 2016 Medicare inpatient claims data along DRG-470 discovered a negative correlation of -0.43 between total hospital discharges and hospital readmission rate. The -0.43 value suggests that more hospital discharges could be associated with lower hospital readmission rates
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