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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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... £5.14 billion in January as exports increased by 1.2% -- the fastest monthly growth rate in 6 months - in March while imports inched up by 0.1% over the same period. Financial markets expected a March deficit of £4.20 billion. Greece trade deficit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... significantly better than market expectations for an 8.4% drop and an improvement from the previous month's 11.4% decline. Imports decreased by 9.6% in the year to April following a 13.2% drop in the previous month. Taiwan's economy's currently in recession ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... trade deficit recorded in 12 months (since March 2015) resulted from a 4% increase in exports and a smaller 1% gain in imports. Australia new home sales Likewise, data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) shows that sales of new homes in the country ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... decrease in nonresidential fixed investment, a deceleration in PCE, a downturn in federal government spending, an upturn in imports, and larger decreases in private inventory investment and in exports that were partly offset by an upturn in state and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... US$0.84 billion gap recorded in the same month last year on the back of the continued decline in exports and increased imports. Export shipments fell by 4.5% in the year to February - the fastest rate of decline following a 3.9% contraction in the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... million in March from S$8,612 million in the same month last year. Exports dropped by 14.1% in the year to March while imports fell 8.6%. India wholesale prices Wholesale prices in India declined by 0.85% in the year to March, a slight improvement from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... expectations for a 10.0% increase and represents the first year-on-year expansion since June last year. While Chinese imports continued to decline, they fell by a lesser than expected 7.6% to US$130.9 billion in the year to March and a significant improvement ...