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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... of fuel for transport (-11.7%), heating oil (-26.0%) and gas (-6.8%). Core inflation eased to an annual rate of 0.7% in April - the slowest rate since February last year - from 1.0% in the previous month. UK wages Total average weekly earnings growth ...

Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Financial advisers are playing a major role in the increase of exchange-traded fund holdings among investors as use of these indexed investment vehicles is also becoming more sophisticated. Vanguard and Tria Investment Partners have released research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... Deflation at the factory gate suggests continued weakness in UK inflation. Producer prices fell by 0.7% in the year to April - better than consensus predictions for a 0.8% decline and an improvement from the previous month's 0.9% drop. UK producer prices ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... follows stronger-than-expected retail sales and consumer sentiment reports released last week. Retail sales jumped by 1.3% in April - the fastest increase since March 2015 -- versus the previous month's 0.3% fall and expectations for a 0.9% increase. ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda had been a very busy -- or should I say noisy? -- dude all throughout last week as he tries to verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Australia inflation expectations If it's anything to go by the latest Consumer Inflationary Expectations Survey released by the Melbourne Institute shows that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) couldn't have cut interest rates soon enough. Recall that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Australia consumer confidence The drop sparks a rise. There is no doubt that the 8.5% jump in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index to 103.2 points in May - the highest level since January 2014 - had been mainly a result of the Reserve ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... political climate for not expanding. China inflation Chinese consumer price inflation rate rose by 2.3% in the year to April - unchanged from February and March but lower than the expected 2.4% rate and still below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Food prices ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... and surveys of consumers and businesses". Japan consumer confidence Japanese consumer confidence posted a 40.8 reading in April - slightly better than market expectations for a 40.7 print but substantially lower than the previous month's 41.7 reading. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Australia retail sales ABS data released yesterday gave meat to the RBA's statement after its 3 May Board meeting that, "In Australia, the available information suggests that the economy is continuing to rebalance following the mining investment boom" ...