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RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal Budget that caused the Australian equities to zig when most others zagged? Or the upcoming ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... February from 112.30 the month before. The lagging index declined to 113.8 from 114.7 in January. South Korean GDP South Korea's economic growth slowed to 0.4% in the first quarter of this year - nearly half the December quarter's 0.7% pace - on the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... which had been consistently speeding up since May 2015 - slowed to 2.2% in March from 2.3% in the previous month. South Korea unemployment rate South Korea's jobless rate fell to 3.8% in March, better than market expectations for a 4.0% print and an ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... and if this appreciation continues the current expansion may be limited". South Korean inflation Consumer prices in South Korea fell by 0.3% in March following a 0.5% increase in the previous month, slowing the annual rate of inflation to 1.0% from 1.3% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... February led by increased purchases of capital goods (5.6%), non-oil products (4.8%) and intermediate goods (2.5%). South Korea consumer confidence Consumer confidence among South Koreans improved to a reading of 100 - an equal number of optimists and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... China increased by 38.1% (year-on-year) to US$1.2 billion. Purchases from Japan soared by 66.4% to US$727.0 million, South Korea by 55.1% to US$491.8 billion and Thailand by 64.3% to US$491.1 million. The Aquino administration's increased infrastructure ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) question, "What's the point of going out, we're just ...

Aussies in top five for cashless transactions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... particular, 2014 cashless payment volumes in China are predicted to surpass those in Germany, the UK, France, and South Korea. The report says hidden payments, or payments processed through non-bank systems, are now estimated to be as big as around 10% ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... government negotiated long awaited free trade agreements with three of our four top trading partners - China, Japan and South Korea. In this context we cannot argue that the vestiges of colonialism have held Australia back from becoming a republic. It ...

Japan joins Asia Region Funds Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... region will join the Asia Region Funds Passport, which will ease the trade of managed funds within economies in Asia. South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and Australia will also participate on the project. The inclusion of Japan "is a ...