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Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... a stable manner." (BOJ) Innovative? Most definitely. Will it work? Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. However, gauging from the yen's reaction... more likely not. After a knee-jerk depreciation to ¥102.79 after the announcement (from ¥101.70 at the open) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Japanese exports decreased by 9.6% in the year to August - disappointing expectations for a 4.8% fall -- due to the strong yen and weak activity in the global economy but the strong yen has not boosted imports, down 17.3% (versus the expected 17.8% drop) ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... time since February this year, "while companies also saw softer reductions in total new work and export sales". The bad news, yen strength continues to exert deflationary pressure, prompting "firms to cut their selling prices at the sharpest rate since ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... company earnings were depressed by this same factor. Toyota Motor was a case in point, reducing its final dividend by 12% in yen terms. Dividends in emerging markets fell sharply year on year, and were down in the UK too. Alex Crooke, Head of Global ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... manufacturers soared by 17.7 percent while those from non-manufacturing sector rose by 2.1%. However, note that the Japanese yen was trading at around the ¥105-110 level in May and June. The Japanese currency is currently around ¥101.25. As history ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... that this indicator had been in contraction. Orders dropped by 19.9% in the year to June. Weak global demand and the strong yen continue to pressure Japan's manufacturing sector, underscoring market disappointment over the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) expansion ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the same time raising the size of its lending program to support growth in US dollars to "24 billion USD (about 2.5 trillion yen; double the previous size of 12 billion USD)". The BOJ's move was greeted with jeers and boos as it was considered insufficient ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... Trading Economics, the BoJ said it would keep its pledge to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen (about A$1 trillion). Policymakers also decided to leave rates unchanged at -0.1% meaning after today's meeting they could ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... averaged US 0.728 cents for the year and was 13% lower than 2014-15. The AUD followed a similar trend against the Japanese Yen and the Korean Won, 11% below year-ago levels against the Yen at ¥ 85, and 5% lower year-on-year against the Korean Won at ...