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Goldman Sachs fined $120m for rate rigging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Goldman Sachs will pay a $120 million penalty for attempting to rig global benchmarks for interest rate products. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that, between January 2007 and March 2012, traders in New York - including the head of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... and is the fastest monthly growth rate since August 2014. Year-on-year, retail sales expanded by 2.4% in October after recording growth of just 1.0% in the year to September. Expectations were for a 1.7% pick up. UK industrial production UK industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... while those for multi-unit dwellings dropped by 9.2%. Total new home sales fell by 4.9% in the year to October after recording a 0.7% rise in the previous month. Australia building approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... November. In terms of inflation, output prices were unchanged but input prices reversed direction in the latest survey, recording an increase for the first time since December last year - largely due to higher raw materials prices (mainly fuel-related ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... a 2.3% rise in sales of single family homes -- condominium sales were flat over the month - with all four US regions recording increases: Sales in the South went up by 2.8%; the Midwest increased by 2.3%; the Northeast by 1.4% and the West by 0.8%. Year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... declined to a reading of 6 in October from 8 in September but remained above its long-run average of 5 with most industries recording a deterioration: mining ( down 12), wholesale (down 10) and recreation & personal services (down 10) Retail (up 12) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... offset by a 1.0% decrease in utilities. Year-on-year, overall industrial production declined by 1.0% in September after recording a 1.3% fall in the previous month for its 13th straight month of year-on-year contraction. US Empire State manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... the housing sector contracted for the second month while conditions in the apartment sector were weaker with activity recording a slight overall contraction in the month. According to AiG, "House building respondents to the Australian PCI commented on ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the expected 0.2% increase - after recording no growth in July. Year-on-year, retail turnover expanded by 2.8% in August from 2.7% in the previous month and is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... sentiment index bounced back to 115.2 in September from 111.5 in the previous month with all sub-categories of the index recording improvements. This is the highest consumer sentiment reading in three months and was driven by strong rebounds in consumers' ...