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The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... surplus is lower than the US$45.16 billion surplus achieved in the same month last year as exports expanded less than imports. Stronger global demand sent Chinese exports up by 11.3% in the year to June that followed an 8.7% increase in the previous ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... entitled, "Is China "Exporting Deflation""? The paper found that China is not. This is because, among other things, US imports from China accounted for roughly 7.8% of total US imports. But that was using 2001 trade numbers. Fast forward to the present ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... stronger than the Eurozone's 1.70% and Japan's 1.6%. As telegraphed by the current account data, net exports (exports minus imports) provided the biggest subtraction from growth (0.7 percentage points). Also telegraphed ahead of the National Accounts' ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... trade surplus narrowed by 15% to A$3.1 billion in March from an upwardly revised A$3.7 billion in the previous month as imports rose (5%) by more than exports (2%) over the month. The elephant's a good doggie. The surplus may have been less than the ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced plans to impose retroactive tariffs of up to 24% on Canadian softwood lumber imports that could expand to include Canadian dairy exports to the US. Not surprisingly, the Canadian dollar dropped to a 14-month low ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... billion. This is because Japan bought more than it sold over the past 12 months to March. Exports grew by 12.0% while imports jumped by 15.8%. And that is the good news. Japanese exports have been on an uptrend since the 14.0% drop recorded back in July ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical attack on Syrian civilians, has created very little ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... record surplus was achieved not by booming export growth - up 1.0% in the month of February - but by a sharp contraction in imports - down by 5.0% over the same month. While an improvement from the 3% fall in January, the 1.0% growth in February exports ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... largely dependent on it - mainly Asia and Australia. However, domestic demand remains a thorn on the BOJ's side. While imports rose by 1.2% in the year to February, this appears to be a function of the surge in oil prices over the same period - Brent ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... deficit widened to US$48.5 billion in January - the largest since March 2012 - from US$44.3 billion in the previous month as imports increased by 2.3% while imports ticked up by a mere 0.6%. These will become more pronounced as the US dollar strengthens ...

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