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Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... quarter GDP growth of 0.9% (quarter on quarter) that was driven by a lift in exports and inventories. He said household consumption and housing "look precariously supported in an environment of very low wages growth, a rundown in household savings and ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... awaken Australian businesses "animal spirits" and make them drink. But households are still spending, with household consumption making a positive 0.3 percentage point positive contribution to third quarter growth and this, despite rising unemployment ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... gangbusters. More so, if you look at the details of the GDP report. The revisions showed added contribution from household consumption - 1.51 percentage points - than initially estimated - 1.22 pp - to third quarter growth. The latest revision showed ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... stimulate it. Lower oil prices reduce the cost of business inputs and lift disposable income, leading to higher household consumption and business spending, increased profits and ultimately, higher economic growth... with tame inflation. Case in point ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... this: Dearer oil prices raise the cost of business inputs and erodes disposable income, leading to lower household consumption and business spending, reduced profits and ultimately, weaker economic growth... with higher inflation. If this makes sense ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... respectively - suggesting the rebalancing away from mining into "the others" is proceeding. Why? Because household consumption continues to grow - up 0.5% on the quarter and 2.5% over the year - adding 0.3 percentage points to GDP. But Net Exports (exports ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Economist A is already happening: "Consumption is at last edging out investment as the economy's main engine. Household consumption has been inching up of late as a proportion of GDP, rising from 34.9% in 2010 to 36.2% last year, according to official ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Core retail sales also disappointed - up by 0.1% against expectations for a 0.4% lift in July. It's so bad (household consumption accounts for 70% of Obamaville's economy) that it's so good. The FTSE-100's happy - up 0.4% -- for it's even better in Britain. ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... expected 0.4% in the year to May - they dropped by 1.4% year-on-year in May 1997. The bad news is that real household consumption continues to fall, dropping by 8.0% in the year to May after falling by 4.6% in the previous month. Similarly, after accelerating ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... exports?A For sure, net exports (exports minus imports) contributed 0.6 percentage points to growth but household consumption - the one that accounts for around 60% of the economy - did some heavy lifting too, it contributed 0.4 percentage points. Then ...