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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... went up by 0.2%. Net exports subtracted 0.3 percentage points off second quarter GDP with exports dropping by 1.5% and imports falling by 0.1% over the quarter. On an annualized basis, the real GDP grew by 0.2%, a significant slowdown from the first ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... the largest trade surplus since January this year (US$6.3 billion) but was achieved through a much sharper decline in imports relative to exports. Imports dropped by 12.5% in the year to July - the 21st consecutive month of year-on-year contraction - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... petroleum prices over the month - exclude this, import prices actually fell by 0.3% in June. Year-on-year, the price of imports fell by 4.8% in June - the 23rd straight month of decline - after decreasing by 5.0% in May. Export price increased by higher ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... of a decline in exports, down 0.2% in May -- as the US dollar index rose by 3.5% over the moth - and a 1.6% increase in imports.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... year-on-year decline - following a 10.1% drop in the previous month. However, the higher yen has not had the textbook effect on imports, underscoring the weak state of Japanese domestic demand. Imports dropped by 13.8% in the year to May, improving from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... May from the US$1,080 surplus recorded in the same month last year on the back of a sharper drop in exports relative to imports. Consensus expectations were for a US$680 million surplus. Indonesian exports decreased for a 20th straight month, down by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... country's trade balance was due to the combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ECB on hold The European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy settings - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... the year to May, an improvement from the previous month's 11.2% drop but worse than expectations for a 1.6% increase. Imports decreased by a bigger than expected 9.3% in the year to May.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... figure represents a sharp turnaround from April 2015's US$523 million deficit, this was achieved due to a bigger drop in imports than exports. Imports declined by 14.9% in the year to April while exports fell by 8.0%.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... but not if it underscores the weakness in Japanese domestic demand. The April marked the 16th straight month of falling imports and was the biggest drop since October 2009. Japan's economic doldrums are further highlighted by Markit/Nikkei flash Japan ...