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Weak old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... inventories slipped by 0.1% and unfilled orders were flat. Ah... so, this is why there was that big contribution from inventories to GDP growth in the second quarter. Speaking of second quarter real GDP growth, haven't we already seen these numbers in ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Yeah! Never mind that just over the weekend investors fret about the strength of the US recovery when second quarter real GDP showed that growth slowed to an annualised rate of 2.4 per cent from 3.7 per cent in the first three months of 2010. Never mind ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... 2010's biggest question as we bade July bye bye. Just look at Wall Street's reaction over the weekend when America's real GDP results for the second quarter was released. What reaction? There was none! Wall Street closed flat as a pancake over the weekend. ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... trade. Particularly because important US economic data are due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... industrial output is up a strong 8.2 per cent from its level a year ago. And what do we make of the news out of China? Chinese GDP slowed to an annual rate of 10.3 per cent in the second quarter from 11.9 per cent in the first three months of 2010. This ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... disappointment. The Fed lowered its projection for the gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, and said GDP will grow between 3 per cent and 3.5 per cent this year. That's down from the 3.2 per cent to 3.7 per cent forecast in April. ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... spun to "this confirms the slow growth in the US economy as the numbers show that net exports subtract from second quarter GDP." Easy. But nay, the market was up. So what was the spin? The trade deficit widened because while exports increased during ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... checked to see whether his words were backed by historical evidence. Guess what? He's absolutely correct! Investigating US real GDP data going as far back as the 1950s, I found that, indeed, the economy slows after a sharp bound from recession - each ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... country's uncertainty over its growth prospects and the achievement of its target of trimming the budget deficit to 6 per cent of GDP by the end of next year from 11.2 per cent in 2009. Uncertainty??? Moody's is still unsure that Spanish economic growth ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... not these numbers been interspersed with reports that point in the opposite direction. Last week saw US first quarter real GDP growth revised lower to an annual rate of 2.7 per cent, revised lower from the 3 per cent in the second estimate, revised lower ...