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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... political uncertainty appears to have caused the pace of expansion to weaken slightly and business confidence about the outlook to deteriorate". "The second quarter is therefore likely to see economic growth slacken from the solid 0.6% expansion seen ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... Thailand (BOT) kept interest rates unchanged for a 14th straight month following its 22 June meeting on the back of its outlook for continued economic recovery and expectations that inflation would return to its target band (2.5% +/-1.5%) "...within ...

Investors must adapt to capital light era

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... primary focus, but hospitals and universities will require substantial investment too, particularly given the strong growth outlook for these sectors. "By 2030 the service sector will be playing an even greater role in the Australian economy than it ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Asian sovereign investors have increased their allocations to real estate ahead of infrastructure as investors push to meet diversification and absolute return objectives, according to Invesco's latest Global Sovereign Asset Management Study. While ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Japan external trade Latest trade data out of Japan conflicts with the BOJ's outlook - noted at its policy meeting last week - for "moderate expanding trend" in the economy. Japan registered a ¥40.72 billion deficit in May. While this is an improvement ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... most significant risks to the MPC's forecast concern the referendum. A vote to leave the EU could materially alter the outlook for output and inflation, and therefore the appropriate setting of monetary policy. Households could defer consumption and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... and, as the underlying trend in inflation steadily rises, accelerate toward 2 percent". But noted that, "Risks to the outlook include uncertainties surrounding emerging and commodity-exporting economies, particularly China, developments in the U.S. economy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... component the RBA has emphasised as an indicator of demand - increased 4.3%. The sub-indexes tracking the one and five year outlook declined 3.8% and 5.2% respectively, with falls following particularly strong gains in May, of 13.2% and 14.8% respectively. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... this outcome suggests that economic activity is holding up reasonably well, with the RBA more focused on the inflation outlook - encouragingly, inflation indicators in the survey picked up a little this month." China retail sales Chinese retail spending ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... market expectations for a 3.7% drop. Japan's PPI had been contracting since April last year. This is not god news for the outlook for consumer prices which already registered back to back negative readings in March (minus 0.1%) and April (-0.3%). Bank ...