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Chief economist update: RBA to lift rates after 2018

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... this, whatever household income is left would likely be spent on reducing record high household debt levels and on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. This is underscored by the deterioration in the country's trade ...

Chief economist update: RBA stuck in slow inflation lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... downside risk for household spending". Not only this, whatever household spending is left would be likely be spent on cheaper imports, thanks to the Australian dollar's higher exchange rate. Looks like it'll be "plus c'est la meme chose" for the RBA ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... employment. The negative contribution from net exports further underscores the strength of domestic demand in the US of A with imports surging at an annualised rate of 13.9% in the fourth quarter, negating the 6.9% increase in exports. Net exports could ...

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 ...