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Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... growth, in particular, the contraction in the third quarter of last year and the subsequent strong rebound in the December quarter.

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... from the solid labour market, business investment has picked up by 9.4% in the first quarter from 0.9% in the December quarter - explained by stronger profitability and one that would certainly underpin further gains in employment. Add the promised tax ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... 1.2% in the year to March. The slack in the labour market is putting pressure on wages - 1.9% in the year to the December quarter - that would mitigate upward pressure on inflation. The recent increase in headline inflation means that real wages growth ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... or staples - basic food retail up 0.3%. This is not surprising given low wage growth - 1.9% in the year to the December quarter - and large mortgage repayments (owing to expensive house prices) that should rise more following the out-of-cycle rate hikes ...

Japanese businesses have sunnier mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... that the large manufacturers' sentiment index increased to a reading of plus 12 in the March quarter from the December quarter's plus 10 reading. While this is lower than market expectations for an increase to plus 14, it was the best level since the ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... to spend elsewhere. Total hourly rates of pay (excluding bonuses) increased by a mere 1.9% in the year to the December quarter, representing the 11th straight quarter of slowing wages growth. This helps explain why despite record low interest rates ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... "monetary policy to remain stimulatory". In addition, it noted that while GDP was weaker than expected in the December quarter, this is due to temporarily factors and its domestic growth outlook remains positive. Also, "Headline inflation has returned ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... the ABS report showed that it's only in Darwin where property prices continued to stumble - down 1.5% -- in the December quarter compared with two (Darwin and Perth) in the September quarter, along with the slowing in price growth in Brisbane and Canberra. ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... degree" of policy accommodation for long. The Eurozone's Labour Cost Index increased by 1.6% in the year to the December quarter, accelerating from 1.4% in the September quarter and 1.0% in June quarter. While this is in line with market expectations ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... not materialised. On the contrary, the economy even strengthened. UK GDP expanded by 2.0% in the year to the December quarter, equal to the September quarter and stronger than June's 1.7% and March's 1.6% year-on-year growth rate. The country's unemployment ...