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A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... currency area. Although down slightly to a preliminary estimate of 54.3 in January (from 54.4 in December), the Markit flash Eurozone composite output index is the second highest reading since December 2015 "and one of the highest readings seen over ...

Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... November with the employment rate holding at a record high 74.5%. This compares with the 9.8% (November) jobless rate in the Eurozone. The lead from the claimant count unemployment - down 10,100 in December - suggests continued labour market strength. ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Things continue to look up in the Eurozone. Eurostat reported that the region's trade surplus widened to €25.9 billion in November from €20.2 billion in the previous month and €22.9 billion in November 2015. This was better than market expectations ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... credit, and further fiscal stimulus will support the economy even if growth edges below the 6.5% target. Baur said solid Eurozone business surveys suggest the mild recovery in the currency union will persist and growth should remain in the 1.5% to 2% ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.8% in November from October. This is in line with market expectations, the lowest in seven years (September 2009) and an improvement from the 10.5% rate recorded in the same month a year earlier. ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... to pay close attention to "parts of the market that are relatively cheap", in particular emerging market equities, and Eurozone equities. One of the biggest unknowns for investors' in 2017 is how the US economy will shape up under the direction of the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... represented the The acceleration in the index indicates a robust Christmas shopping season and buoyant retail spending. Eurozone labour costs Hourly labour costs in the Eurozone increased by 1.5% in the year to the third quarter, accelerating from 1.0% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... also significantly higher than market expectations for an increase to 9 and the highest reading since November 2014. Eurozone ZEW economic sentiment Financial and economic analysts' optimism over the Eurozone continues to improve. The ZEW economic sentiment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... relatively cheaper A$, rising commodity prices and reflating world economy should underpin improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... willingness or ability to leave current employment) remaining steady at 2.1%, where it had been since June this year. Eurozone retail sales Retail spending in the single currency region rose by 1.1% in the month of October more than reversing the declines ...