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Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... billion. This is because Japan bought more than it sold over the past 12 months to March. Exports grew by 12.0% while imports jumped by 15.8%. And that is the good news. Japanese exports have been on an uptrend since the 14.0% drop recorded back in July ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... talk, putting Chinese president Xi on notice that the US may yet make good on its threat to slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports. America's missile assault on Syria, in retaliation for the chemical attack on Syrian civilians, has created very little ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... record surplus was achieved not by booming export growth - up 1.0% in the month of February - but by a sharp contraction in imports - down by 5.0% over the same month. While an improvement from the 3% fall in January, the 1.0% growth in February exports ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... largely dependent on it - mainly Asia and Australia. However, domestic demand remains a thorn on the BOJ's side. While imports rose by 1.2% in the year to February, this appears to be a function of the surge in oil prices over the same period - Brent ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... deficit widened to US$48.5 billion in January - the largest since March 2012 - from US$44.3 billion in the previous month as imports increased by 2.3% while imports ticked up by a mere 0.6%. These will become more pronounced as the US dollar strengthens ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... and 1.9% in December, as costs of consumer goods, foods and industrial supplies and materials increased. The price of imports increased at the fastest rate in five years despite the strength in US dollar (up 3.0% between February 2016 and February 2017) ...

Year of the Rooster deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... US$28.2 billion in the same month in 2016. This was the first monthly trade deficit recorded since February 2014 as surging imports compounded a fall in exports. Exports fell by 1.3% in the year to February after jumping by 7.9% in the previous month ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... The disappointing trade surplus resulted from a 3.0% drop in exports in January that was worsened by a 4.0% increase in imports. The ABS broke down the decline in "goods and services credits' (exports) to: "Non-monetary gold fell $671m (39%) and non-rural ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... over Trump's pro-growth policies, there are his "anti-growth" policies on trade and immigration and "border tax plan" on imports. Not to mention, the US equity market's expensive valuation. The S&P 500 index is currently trading at 17.6 times expected ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... dollar post-Trump's victory. The US dollar index gained 5.0% between 8 November 2016 and the end of December last year. Imports rose by 1.5% to US$235 billion in December - the most since March 2015 - following a 1.2% increase in the previous month. ...

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