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Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
US consumers aren't shopping till they drop. They dropped spending. The US Census Bureau's latest update on retail spending - which constitutes the bulk of household spending that, in turn, accounts for about 70% of the US economy - showed that ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... equal to February's monthly growth rate and in line with expectatios - and 4.5% in the same month of 2017. The US Census Bureau reported that eight of the 13 major retail categories reported increases in the month of March: These include: autos (2%) ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... escalates, but at least Downing Street is not in Trump's crosshairs for the UK buys more goods from America. US Census Bureau data show that the US enjoyed a US$3.3 billion surplus with the UK in 2017 (up from US$1 billion in the previous year). UK Prime ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea - and the chills, they'll be multiplying. US Census Bureau data show that except for Argentina and Brazil, America imports more than it exports to these "sons of Trump" countries. China's ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... 7.8% of total US imports. But that was using 2001 trade numbers. Fast forward to the present and by 2016, the US Census Bureau had US imports of goods and services from China at 17.1% of total - more than its historical biggest trading partners Canada ...

Data says not yet but what would Janet say?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... that the US consumer hasn't been spending as strongly in early 2016 as initially indicated, underscored by the US Census Bureau's statement that, "The so-called control group of sales - excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... rental vacancy running at 10.3% which is slightly higher than the past ten year average of 9.66%, according to the US Census Bureau. The fund is superfund compliant and is open to both retail and wholesale investors and is targeting annual distributions ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... could use the exact sentence to explain the latest US retail sales report released overnight. According to the US Census Bureau, retail spending increased by better-than-expected 0.8 per cent in November following a 1.7 per cent increase in the previous ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... outstanding US mortgages or pays for the wages of additional hires among US firms? According to Table 1155 of the US Census Bureau's " The 2010 Statistical Abstract", US total mortgage outstanding was US$14.6 trillion at the end of 2008. This would be ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... the outlook for economies and financial markets going forward. Consider this. Here's the joint release by the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development: "Sales of new single-family houses in May 2010 were at a seasonally ...
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