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Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... suggests that demand for Japanese exports would not be impacted much by higher prices, it would weaken the price of Japanese imports that eventually will flow through into softer domestic inflation. In addition, Japan's history of lifting the consumption ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... balance in April this year. The sharp decline in the surplus was due to a combination of a fall in exports and higher imports. According to the ABS, "goods and services credits fell $903m (3%) to $31,871m. Non-rural goods fell $1,074m (5%) and rural ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... Where C stands for household consumption; I for business investment; G for government spending ; X for exports; and, M for imports. Household consumption contributed more than half (1.62 percentage points) to the economy's 3.0% annualised growth rate ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... contribution. Even more so because the positive contribution from net exports was attained through a 1.6% reduction in imports (exports up 1.5% on the quarter) which only underscores the weakness in domestic demand. It could just be one swallow that ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... paper on UK-EU trade (published on 7 November) shows that, the UK buys more from the EU -- £312 billion or 53.9% of total imports of goods and services - than it sells -- £236 billion or 43.1% of total exports. Still, the UK cannot just thumb its nose ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... billion in the same month last year. This is less than market expectations for a US$39.5 billion outcome as growth in imports (up 17.2% in the year to October) outpaced the 6.9% increase in exports. More important for Sino-US bilateral trade relations ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... private consumption growth moderates, and the boost from 2020 Olympics-related private investment is offset by higher imports and slower projected growth in foreign demand." If so, it would turn out as it did on several occasions since the early 1990s ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... spending is further highlighted by the ABS' report on international trade and services for August that showed no growth in imports of goods and services for the month - more precisely, imports of consumption goods dropped the most, down 4% in August ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... - more expensive in the international market - and import prices - cheaper for Australians. Net exports (exports minus imports) contributed 0.4 percentage points to Australia's second quarter growth of 0.8% with exports adding 0.6 pps and imports subtracting ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... time, reverse the "narrowing in Australian current account deficit" as Australian exports become less competitive and imports become cheaper. This would hit overall growth and reverse the improvement in the Australian economy. The opposite of the bump ...