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Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... relative to the major economies. Year-on-year GDP growth rates slowed in the US from 2.2 in Q3 to 1.9% in Q4; in the Eurozone from 1.6% to 1.5%; in the UK from 2.1% to 1.9%; in Japan from 1.7% to.7%; in India from 7.7% to 7.3%. Growth stalled in China ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
While fears of deflation continue to haunt Japan and the Eurozone, no-flation the United Kingdom, low-flation China, the latest update on Australian consumer prices shows that inflation here is under control. Headline CPI inflation accelerated to an ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone inflation figures show consumer prices moving in the right direction. Continued price gains are now at risk. Brent oil ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... each. "Interest in European exposures also grew substantially as investors became more confident in the resolution of the Eurozone crisis, with both trading and inflows into European oriented ETFs increasing markedly compared to previous years. "We believe ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... decision to announce less-er stimulus than what markets were expecting also imply the central bank's confidence in the Eurozone economy? Draghi said so himself, "Looking ahead, we expect the economic recovery to proceed. Domestic demand should be further ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... States should underperform on a relative basis, leading the committee to adopt an underweight stance on US equities. Eurozone equity prices in US dollar terms should rebound after three quarters of weakness due to the euro's fall, with corporate earnings ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... raised rates since the 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) question ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... economy." Likewise, what message would the ECB intimate to financial markets if it goes all out on its assault? That the Eurozone economy and its outlook are worse than many are expecting? But it is not according to the ECB's new forecasts. Eurozone ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... transforms, it migrates and takes new forms. But it is not going away," he said. Varoufakis argued that the challenges the Eurozone is facing are a result of "a problem of the architecture of the Eurozone." "Europeans like to think that the European ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... rate from 1.0% to 1.25% in April 2011 and then to 1.5% by July of the same year. Instead of shoring up confidence in the Eurozone economy, it sent the economy back into recession (6 quarters of consecutive contraction at that) and instead of taming the ...