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Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... trend in hourly labour costs continues, it may not need a "substantial degree" of policy accommodation for long. The Eurozone's Labour Cost Index increased by 1.6% in the year to the December quarter, accelerating from 1.4% in the September quarter and ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... Income Fund has achieved a return close to 10% annualised for the year to February 2017. It has typically invested in the Eurozone, Americas, Japan and Australia. Carden expects the continued outperformance in the US market as inflationary measures continue ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... to major developed economies. Using the same year-over-year measure, the US grew by 1.9% in the December quarter, the Eurozone by 1.7%, the UK by 2.0% and Japan by 1.6%. However, the first quarter of 2017 is not looking so good especially if the recent ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The latest lending stats out of the Eurozone continue the developing good news story in the single currency area despite the lingering political uncertainty - elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany - Brexit and continuing terrorist threat ...

A tale of three PMIs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Two accelerations and one of moderation - this is the story painted by the latest updates on US, Eurozone and Japanese purchasing managers' index (PMI). While it still remains above the 50-expansion/contraction mark (for the 12th straight month), Markit's ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Growth and inflation in the Eurozone economy continue to head in the right direction. Preliminary estimates show that the region's GDP expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, quicker than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from 107.8 in the previous month. This is better than expectations for a ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... US dollar - weaker non-US dollar currencies - is, in turn, indirectly supporting growth outside America, Japan and the Eurozone in particular. Growth in the bigger world economies is a welcome boost for Australia's export sector and the economy. Just ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... expected 2.1% increase. For all the cries of wolf, the UK's latest economic scorecard puts it in front of the US, Japan, the Eurozone and Australia.

Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Shine, shine, shine, let it shine Thank you strong US dollar. Just as the latest PMI updates for the US and the Eurozone, Japan's manufacturing sector started the New Year with a smile. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January ...