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Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
As if to further underscore the current growth/inflation conundrum, today's reports show continuing strengthening momentum in the world's major economies - one that quickly followed updates on consumer prices indicating not only that inflation remains ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Markit Economics' preliminary estimates show that while the purchasing managers' indices (PMI) for the US, the Eurozone and Japan all came in below market expectations, all remained in expansion. The IHS/Markit flash US composite output index slipped ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
The US Federal Reserve took another step towards policy normalisation at its June FOMC meeting - announcing another 25 basis point lift in the fed funds rate from one to 1.25% (the second this year) while at the same time giving notice that it would ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Australia's economic scorecard is out. GDP growth has plummeted to 0.3% in the March quarter compared to 1.1% last quarter, leaving economic annual growth at a lackluster 1.7%. Economic growth slowing by one third in past year adds to the pressure piling ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
If Monsieur Benoit Coeure's - member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) - recent comments are any indication, don't expect any changes in ECB monetary policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
One day, nine hours, 13 minutes, and 55 seconds. This is the time remaining (and counting down) before us, Australians all, find out what the government has in store for us when it releases the Budget Papers 2017-18 at approximately 7.30pm (AEST) on ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Australia's inflation numbers are out! And it's got something for everyone - hawks, doves and in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
"The French complain of everything, and always," Napoleon Bonaparte once said. The French made known their disenchantment with the establishment political parties - both the Republican and Socialist parties failed to garner enough support to make it ...