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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... doves but good news for US economy because of housing's large multiplier effect on employment, income and consumption. Eurozone economic and business sentiment Silver lining? The Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs' (DG ECFIN) flash ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... again to 50.8 in April. Markit's US PMI readings have stayed above the expansion line over the same period. Markit Flash Eurozone PMI Cue in the growing mass of central bank unbelievers - those opining that CB policy -- QE and negative interest rates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... prices. New home prices in Shanghai increased by 28.0% year-on-year last month while those in Beijing rose by 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing council met and kept policy unchanged last month, ECB president Mario Draghi remarked that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... average weekly earnings had been slowing since recording a 2.6% year-on-year advance last December, down to 2.25% in March. Eurozone industrial production Industrial output in the Eurozone decreased by 0.8% in February a partial correction to January's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... in the month of February with foreign orders dropping by 2.7% -- led by a 3.7% plunge in orders from the rest of the Eurozone member countries -- only partially offset by a 0.9% increase in domestic orders. Nikkei/Markit Japan Service PMI Japan's services ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... quarter from 12 in the fourth quarter of last year and lower than consensus expectations for a reading of 9. Likewise, Eurozone inflation remains negative, at minus 0.1% in the year to March (from minus 0.2%). The ECB has euro appreciation not to thank ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... global demand and a strong yen suggest only limited, if at all, improvement in industrial output in the coming months. Eurozone economic sentiment Economic sentiment in the Eurozone declined for a third straight month to a reading of 103.0 in March from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... 17.2 in March from 17.7 in the prior month while those anticipating a reduction rose to 11.8% from 11.6 in February. Eurozone household credit The European Central Bank's (ECB) accommodative monetary policy appears to be having their intended effect ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... February, the survey data are pointing to very modest GDP growth in the first quarter." (Markit Economics) Markit flash Eurozone composite PMI A sharp improvement in the eurozone's services sector in March - Services PMI Activity Index up to 54.0 from ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... at the rate on the Eurosystem's main refinancing operations prevailing at the time of take-up." Equity markets in the Eurozone were happy. The Euro Stoxx 50 surged by 3.7% from the previous day's closing immediately following the announcement. The announcement ...