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Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... reduction in taxes, the American is doing quite nicely, thank you very much. Despite the negative impact of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, US real GDP only dipped slightly to an annualised rate of 3% in the third quarter from 3.1% in the June quarter which ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... several reasons: 1. The September CPI inflation numbers are widely acknowledged to be distorted by the Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Sure enough, the annual headline CPI inflation rate quickened to 2.2% in September from 1.9% in the previous month, led ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... 140,000 - and it was the first recorded drop since September 2010, but everybody and his uncle expected hurricanes Harvey and Irma to distort the employment numbers. Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says so: "Our analysis suggests that the net ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... tensions with North Korea - after its testing of a hydrogen bomb - and closer to home, the likely repair bill from Hurricane Irma at the same time that they're still counting the costs of Hurricane Harvey on Texas and Louisiana. But today is another ...
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