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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" ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Uh-oh! Don't know if you noticed but most equity markets around the world finished in the red heading into and up to the end of April. The raison d'Aatre, the source of angst, the trigger for the sell orders all pointed to the disappointment over the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Australia export and import prices Prices are dropping like flies. Following on from the disappointingly weak consumer price inflation report for the March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest estimates on Australian ...