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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... falling prices spawn expectations of more price falls, discouraging consumers from spending - household spending and retail sales posted their fifth straight year-on-year decline in July. This would lead to lower sales, lower company profits, and reduced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... to be more "permanent" than part-timers. The 'permanent income hypothesis" helps explain the slowing in Australian retail sales. US Philly Fed survey The Philadelphia Fed's latest business outlook survey tells the same story of a good headline but not ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... global growth remains slow or slowing. US productivity fell for the third straight quarter, down by 0.5% in June while retail sales were flat in July; Chinese retail sales, industrial production, fixed asset investment and inflation slowed; Eurozone ...

BlackRock appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... America and Iberia business as head of institutional and wealth lines. Prior to that, he was head of institutional and retail sales for the same region. He has also held roles at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and HSBC. Rohe replaces Justin Arter, who ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... 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. Industrial production expanded by 4.3% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... - with consumers reporting they were less optimistic about both current conditions and the future outlook. Japan retail sales It seems Japan cannot get a break. Safe haven flows into the yen following Brexit has strengthened the Japanese currency further. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
US retail sales A solid and faster than expected increase in US retail spending in May suggests that, perhaps, the Fed was correct in dismissing the highly disappointing May non-farm payrolls report as just "noise". Overall retail sales expanded for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... on the inflation outlook - encouragingly, inflation indicators in the survey picked up a little this month." China retail sales Chinese retail spending slowed a tad to 10.0% in the year to May - the slowest pace since April last year -- from 10.1% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... news out of the euro area. Markit Economics' Eurozone retail PMI - which tracks monthly changes in like-for-like retail sales in the region's three biggest economies (Germany, France and Italy) - increased to a reading of 50.6 in May, the first over-50 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australia retail sales Australian retail sales slightly missed market expectations for a 0.3% increase in April, growing by 0.2% over the month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for ...