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Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... four-year low it plumbed in March 2020. Because of the red metal's copious and pervasive use in industries - from car manufacturing to electrical goods to construction to solar panels, etc. - makes it a good contemporaneous (if not a leading) indicator ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... services PMI fell deeper into contraction territory, to 47.8 and 45.4 in January; although still in expansion, the manufacturing PMI weakened from a reading of 55.2 in December 2020 to 54.8. The European Commission's (EC) fresh forecasts take all ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... negative implications for consumer spending and inflation. Not surprisingly, the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI indices - manufacturing, services and composite - have all weakened in January. So what's keeping the Japanese stockmarket buoyant? The usual ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... retail due to COVID-19 restrictions. "The fund's assets provide a diverse range of tenants across the logistics, manufacturing and distribution sectors, which are all located in core industrial markets within close proximity to major transportation infrastructure," ...

Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... value of drone delivery of medical supplies for the public, NHS, the economy, social equality and for the aviation manufacturing industry in Scotland," he said. CAELUS will develop the ground infrastructure needed to recharge the drones and the control ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... Australia's largest economic gains, which will come from designing new products and materials, including through advanced manufacturing, and in embracing new business models that will create domestic and export markets for waste streams. "This could ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) noted that the acceleration in economic growth came mostly from mining, while manufacturing grew at a steady pace, with 35 out of 41 major industries contributing positively. This is punctuated by the higher than expected ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... -8.3%) and its year-on-year rate of contraction has eased to minus 5.8% from negative 10.2% in the June quarter. Manufacturing and service sector activity - as measured by the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI - rebounded from the record lows seen in April last ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... the fifth straight month in December, along with exports and employment. This was partly offset by the stronger manufacturing PMI - up from 53.8 in November to 55.2 in the following month - the highest level since May 2018 - supported by gains in new ...

Cromwell makes Italian acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... strong tenants while the location offers growth prospects thanks to the great accessibility and the presence of many manufacturing companies in that area of Central Italy," Caroleo said. "Just a couple of months after the successful acquisition of the ...