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This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... applied to determining a recession. The operative word here is 'rule of thumb.' Two consecutive quarters of minus real GDP growth has been commonly accepted as the technical definition of a recession. But in the US, the Business Cycle Dating Committee ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... more than US$145 a barrel only three months ago, indicating the sharp contraction in activity. News that China's real GDP growth slowed to 9 per cent in the third quarter from 10.1 per cent in the previous three-month period is also not encouraging. ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... leave rates unchanged. Australia: A wave of economic indicators is scheduled for release this week. Australian real GDP growth, company profits, building approvals, current account and the trade balance are some of the key reports due out. Financial ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... increasing job losses and tighter lending standards. Expect housing to contribute negatively to US third quarter real GDP growth. On inflation, the US producer price index (PPI) increased by 1.2 percent in July with the core rate up by 0.7 percent. This ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... stimulus from the tax rebates fades. There was no good news in the world's second biggest economy either. Japan's real GDP growth fell by 0.6 percent in the June quarter for an annualised 2.4 percent decline. This represents a sharp drop from the 4 percent ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... bullish on the economy - has warned that Japan could tip over into a technical recession. In year-on-year terms, real GDP growth is expected to slow to 2.3 percent from a strong 4 percent rise in the first quarter. Japanese industrial production and ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... rise by 0.2 percent following growth of 0.3 percent in the first quarter. The annualized rate is expected to show real GDP growth slowing to 1.6 percent in the June quarter from the previous rise of 2.3 percent.

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... domestic economic growth, although slowing like the rest, is still above its long-term trend. Australian annual real GDP growth increased by 3.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, following a 4.3 percent advance in the previous three month period. ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... are anticipated to continue dragging on the US economy through 2007. Compared with other regions, Europe's 2006 real GDP growth was weak but still achieved its largest upswing since 2000, driven by positive economic sentiment driving consumption. The ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... emphasised that there is not a definite schedule for the implementation of interest rate hikes. Japanese first quarter real GDP growth was revised from an annualised rate of 1.9 per cent to 3.1 per cent on the back of stronger capital expenditures and ...