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ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... predicted only six months earlier. According to the IMF, "The increase in growth in 2017 mostly reflects an acceleration in exports in the context of the broader pickup in global trade and continued strength in domestic demand growth supported by accommodative ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... highly accommodative financial conditions and fiscal spending through the government's large scale stimulus measures. Exports are expected to continue their moderate increasing trend on the back of an improvement in overseas economies." "The year-on-year ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... in February and a low of US$53.00 in June. China is Australia's biggest export market, accounting for over 28% of total exports. Japan - the second biggest - only accounts for less than 12%. Iron ore is Australia's biggest export. Austrade figures show ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... falling sharply (as revealed by Markit's latest HFI survey). Then there's the stronger Sterling's negative impact on British exports... and of course, Brexit.

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... commodity prices". The S&P GSCI commodity price index is down 2.8% this year to date. So are Australia's major commodity exports - coal prices are lower by 11.1% and iron ore is 7.3%. The Australian dollar reached a high of US$0.811 during last week's ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... (contribution revised up to 2.3 percentage points from 1.9 pps in the advanced estimate); fixed investment (0.6 from 0.4); and net exports (0.21 from 0.18). Sure these are dated stats but it is a powerful platform to build on over the coming quarters. ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... fixed investment and government spending also contributed - 0.36 and 0.12 percentage points, respectively. So has net exports - it contributed 0.48 percentage points to growth, thanks to strengthening global growth and, of course, the weaker US dollar. ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... Austrade figures show that iron ore is the country's "largest export earner in FY2016, accounting for A$47.8 billion of exports, or more than 15% of the total." This is no better underlined by the sensitivity analysis conducted by the Australian Federal ...

Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... increase by $1.2 billion and nearly 10,000 jobs would be created. Loane added the final remaining barrier to increasing exports of funds management to overseas investors is Australia's complex and high non-resident withholding taxes, which the FSC is ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... billion deficit. However, June's surplus is lower than the US$45.16 billion surplus achieved in the same month last year as exports expanded less than imports. Stronger global demand sent Chinese exports up by 11.3% in the year to June that followed ...