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Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... "International Trade in Goods and Services". The numbers show that the country's 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 ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... quarter. China's official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 51.2 in April from 51.8 in March. While this marked the 9th consecutive month of above 50 readings (expansion), it missed market expectations for a slight ...

HSBC rolls out Apple Pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... Australia. Apple Pay has partnered with 50 banks and card issuers including ING, American Express, Macquarie and ANZ. In March, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission denied the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, National Australia ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... not. Not if you consider that the twin of the RBA's twin mandate is not so supportive. The unemployment rate was at 5.9% in March, its highest level since January 2016, and employment growth remained a paltry 1.2% in the year to March. The slack in the ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... fourth quarter of 2016 from 1.4% in the third and 1.1% in the second - and while the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7% in March from 6.6% in the previous month, it had been on trend decline since peaking at a three-year high of 7.2% in February last ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... better than market expectations for a dip to 56.2 buoyed by improvement in both services (up to 57.7 in April from 57.5 in March) and manufacturing (55.1 from 53.3). On the other hand, a Le Pen victory would introduce fresh uncertainty, not only for ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... expectations for ¥575.8 billion surplus, Japan's trade balance showed that the surplus decreased to ¥614.7 billion in March from ¥813.4 billion in the previous month and 17.4% less than March 2016's surplus of ¥744.9 billion. This is because Japan ...

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
While there's little progress over inflation, it actually reversed in March - headline CPI inflation down to 1.5% from 2.0% in February; core inflation down to 0.7% from 0.9% -- latest data indicate that growth in the Eurozone continues to gain momentum. ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... positive annual rate since June last year to a high of 2.0% in February, headline CPI inflation eased sharply to 1.5% in March on the back of, yes, slowing energy prices. Moreover, the still low core inflation reading - 0.9% annual rate in December ...

AMP Capital awards historic $17bn passive mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... AMP Capital will be using its new ethical investment screen across the mandate suite. The ESG framework was announced in March, when AMP Capital said it was purging its entire portfolio of "dangerous or unethical investments," including companies involved ...