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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... There are already deals or deals still being negotiated, with Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, ASEAN, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, China and the US. Indonesia has a population of more than 255 million, 10-times that of Australia, and its middle class ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... the tariff on chilled beef declined to 30.5%. Before the implementation of the JAEPA, the tariff was 38.5%. Similarly, the Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) saw beef tariffs drop to 32% - having been 40% prior to KAFTA. Public sector picking ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... Personal credit declined by 0.1% in May after falling at a similar rate in the previous month, down 1.1% over the year. South Korea industrial production and retail sales South Korea's industry and consumer spending stats recorded big bounce in May. ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... of assets withdrawn or cancelled. Commenting on the findings, Terry Pan, chief executive of Greater China, Singapore and Korea at Invesco said: "Though new funding globally has diminished somewhat, many sovereigns are now used to operating in such an ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... improving from the previous month's 23.3% dive but still represent the 17th consecutive month of year-on-year fall. South Korea producer prices The absence of pipeline pressures should continue to keep South Korean consumer price inflation at very low ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... bumped down to frontier markets status. MSCI said it is also considering reclassifying Argentina as an emerging market. South Korea has not yet been added to the developed markets index but is under review. MSCI added that the MSCI Nigeria Index may ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... consumer prices which already registered back to back negative readings in March (minus 0.1%) and April (-0.3%). Bank of Korea cuts South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.25% following its ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... annual rate of core inflation also came in as expected, up by 0.8% last month after a posting a 0.7% gain in April. South Korea external trade South Korea's continues to produce a surplus in its external accounts. However, the US$7.1 billion trade surplus ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal Budget that caused the Australian equities to zig when most others zagged? Or the upcoming ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective investment schemes while ...