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Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... the number to come in at 7.6%. The same goes for India - another fast growing economy that's not growing fast anymore. Real GDP slowed to just 5.6% in the first quarter, nearly half the 10% rate in the last quarter of 2010....and Brazil, whose economy ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... peso's 4.8% appreciation this year. Despite weak US growth, a slowdown in China and troubles in Europe, the Philippines' real GDP growth quickened to just over 6.0% in the year to the first quarter from 4.5% in the previous three-month period. This is ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... sheilas, are done waiting too. Contrary to the pessimistic headlines, we were done waiting as early as the first quarter. Real GDP expanded by 4.3% as at the end of March quarter - the fastest rate since the third quarter of 2007. Yes, that was even ...

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... dressing or speculators taking their profits ahead of a big decision in Europe. The third revision of first quarter US real GDP growth was released. No, not that it was unchanged at 1.9%. That couldn't be a rationale for last night's dip. The Supreme ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... time? The time when most economic and survey data releases were beating market expectations months before. But I digress. Real GDP growth next year is now expected to be only around 2.2%-2.8% compared with April's estimate of 2.7%-3.1%. Lowered growth ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... country's largest export - prices have prompted the government to predict an expansion of not more than 4.0% in 2012. India's real GDP growth has more than halved to 5.6% in the first three months of 2012 from 12.6% in the same quarter of 2010. Similarly ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... Aussieland. Here's Bloomberg's headline at about 5PM yesterday, "Europe Futures, Asia Stocks Rise on Aussie GDP". Australian real GDP jumped by 1.3% in the March quarter of 2012 - more than double expectations for a 0.6% gain. Household spending increased ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... to call on their steel nerve reserves to get passed the string of bad news out of America last night. US first quarter real GDP revised down to an annualised rate of 1.9% from 2.2% previously. Corporate profits grew at their slowest pace in more than ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... be sure, to be sure... there was also factual negative Spanish news last night. It's now officially in recession with real GDP falling by 0.3% in the first quarter following a similar 0.3% contraction in the previous period. But we were already expecting ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... scenario. Short of the predicted end of days on 21-12-2012, that scenario is everyone's worst nightmare - an 8% drop in real GDP; the unemployment rate to hit 13% (it peaked at 10.2% back in 2009); house prices to slide by 21%; and, a 50% dive in stock ...