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Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... But this just brings home the point that May's number was an outlier and easing concerns about the strength of the US economy. Likewise, while the unemployment rate edged higher to a worse than expected 4.9% in June from 4.7% in the previous month, it ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Federal Reserve is in a quandary. If it raises interest rates, it risks global leverage which will come back to hit the US economy, forcing the Fed to reverse course. If it maintains or magnifies monetary forbearance, savings rates have actually risen ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... of the fence you sit, it's either good or bad. The bulls will argue that low volatility reflects confidence in the US economy's growth momentum and/or that the Fed's telegraphed interest rate increases over the coming months would not derail the good ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... confidence reports released earlier suggest it's more the latter. This is bad news for the doves but good news for US economy because of housing's large multiplier effect on employment, income and consumption. Eurozone economic and business sentiment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... orders expand at slowest rate in 2016 so far", raising questions about the hoped for second quarter pick-up in the US economy. While the May survey indicated building inflationary pressures - input prices increased for a second month; selling prices ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... foundations. Prepare and don't be alarmed. What's an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny 25 bps anyway? It's bupkis! That's if the US economy is truly re-gaining momentum - which, on balance it appears to be - but more importantly, if it doesn't create a "butterfly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... should not unduly influence recent hawkish Fedspeaks but it also provides the latest indication of activity in the US economy and, it isn't so nice. The Philly Fed index posted a minus 1.8 reading in May - even lower than the low end of market expecations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... which the ABS explained as "largely driven by the carbon tax repeal". US durable goods orders More indications that the US economy may be losing momentum - or that the positive impact of a weaker US dollar still has to feed through into the factory sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... 95.1 in April from 99.1 in March and 101.3 in February. US CPI inflation Back to back disappointing releases on the US economy is likely to push back Fed rate hike expectations. Following yesterday's less than expected in retail spending - down by 0.3% ...

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