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Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... depreciation. Sunset. Domestic demand remains weak (or is weakening again). After surging by 1.7% in the year to November, Japanese retail sales growth dramatically slowed to a mere 0.6% last month. This is more than half market expectations for a 1.3% ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... on growth as exporters' revenues decline through the erosion of competitiveness and translation effects. Also, as the Japanese experience shows low/falling prices could create a vicious circle of lower prices and lower growth as consumers' defer spending ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... by 1.4% in October. However, there's still a bit of sunshine in the report in that the latest stats occurred when the Japanese yen was trading as high as 100 to a dollar. The yen's depreciation since Trump - currently trading at 114.17 -- should underpin ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The sun appears to be rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese consumer confidence rose to a reading of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. ...

CSC contributes to global ESG think tank

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... discussing best practice in ESG investment and portfolio management. The Global Asset Owners' Forum, organised by the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), came away with several initiatives. The 13 attendees, who included some of the world's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... expectations for a ¥227.4 billion surplus but is a sharp turnaround from the ¥387 billion recorded in November last year. Japanese export shipments fell by 0.4% in the year to November following the previous month's 10.3% drop and is better than market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged minus 0.1% at its 20 December meeting. The Japanese central bank also maintained its yield target for 10-year JGBs at around 0% and annual bond purchases at an annual pace ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... expectations for a 1.3% decline. Japan GDP If you thought the preliminary estimate of 2.2% annualised growth rate for Japanese third quarter was too strong, you are correct. Revisions showed that Japan's economy grew by only 0.3% in the third quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... deflation - headline CPI rate up 0.1% in the year to October; core rate down by 0.4% -- is far from over. Cash earnings of Japanese workers increased by a mere 0.1% in the 12 months to October. Although a step up from the flat reading of the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... canvasses private industrial companies - helps explain the disparity in the two surveys. Japan industrial production Japanese industrial production increased by 0.1% in the month of October, beating market expectations for 0.1% fall - the only positive ...