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Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... 0.2% over the second quarter but similar to inventories, provided to contribution to GDP growth in the June quarter. Net exports subtracted one percentage point from overall GDP growth as imports grew faster than exports. Imports rose by 0.9% in the ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... trade deficit jumped to US$50.1 billion in July from US$45.7 in June. This is the widest deficit in five months as total exports fell 1% over the month (that followed a 0.7% decline in June) and imports increased by 0.9% in July (after rising by 0.7% ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... economy's relative strength continues to suck in imports - up 0.9% in July versus 0.6% in the previous month - but exports fell another 1.7% over the month on top of a 1.2% decline in June. However, the deterioration in America's external account ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... went into a ¥231.2 billion deficit in July from a ¥720.7 billion surplus in the previous month... but for good reasons. Exports grew by 3.9% in the year to July while imports expanded by 14.6% over the same period (from 2.6% in June). The acceleration ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... non-durables. Recall that GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). That is, consumer spending plus investment plus government expenditure plus net exports. All of them also contributed to growth in the second quarter. Also aided by tax reductions, investment (I) added 0.94 ...

Chief economist update: No sweat says BOC on Trump tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... highest level since 2008 and the second hike this year - despite judging that "trade uncertainty on Canadian investment and exports" would now have a larger impact. After slowing 2.3% in the year to the March quarter, the BOC expects GDP growth to "pick-up ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... consumer spending. On the flipside, while the strong US dollar is keeping inflation largely contained, it would also make US exports become more expensive in the world market which, by extension, would increase the US trade deficit and subtract from ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... combatants - the United States and China - are its biggest trading partners. America accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion index - rise minus fall -- of input prices in manufacturing rose to 30 in the June quarter from ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... in the previous month. The details of the trade imbalance would surely get deeper under Trump's skin. China's exports to the US increased by 11.6% to US$39.3 billion in May while imports grew by 11.4% to US$14.7 billion. The (still) strong momentum ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... 50%. Other countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on US imports. US imports dropped by 66% between 1929 and 1933 and its exports plunged 61%. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the 1930s depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from ...