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Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... trade. Particularly because important US economic data are due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... checked to see whether his words were backed by historical evidence. Guess what? He's absolutely correct! Investigating US real GDP data going as far back as the 1950s, I found that, indeed, the economy slows after a sharp bound from recession - each ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... not these numbers been interspersed with reports that point in the opposite direction. Last week saw US first quarter real GDP growth revised lower to an annual rate of 2.7 per cent, revised lower from the 3 per cent in the second estimate, revised lower ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... services. America is consuming less "made outside the USA" products. Trade detracted around 0.7 percentage points from US real GDP growth in the first quarter. The way it's going - particularly given the US dollar appreciation - net exports would also ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... March quarter. In addition, financial markets expect Australia's economic report card - released tomorrow - to show that real GDP expanded at 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year, taking the annual growth rate to 2.6 per cent. Slightly less ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... US recession started in December 2007 on December 2008. They were still unsure before this. In year-on-year terms, US real GDP was still growing strongly up to the second quarter of 2008 and the unemployment rate did not rise significantly above 5.5 ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... true, why didn't Fitch cut Portugal's rating back in the first quarter of 2009 when a near 2 per cent contraction in real GDP took national output down to 31.9 billion euros? If it's "significantly below" based on the latest available figures -- Portuguese ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... National Accounts report should affirm Governor Glenn Steven's post-meeting statement. The report is expected to show real GDP expanded by 0.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year. But whether or not this figure comes in within expectations, this ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... manufacturing index - printed strong February, much more than markets were expecting. The bad in the good data. US fourth quarter real GDP was revised upwards to show an annualised gain of 5.9 per cent from 5.7 per cent. Most of the quarter's strength ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... this is beginning to have a negative impact on overall Eurozone economic growth as reflected in the recently-released real GDP flash estimates showing growth slowed to 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter from 0.4 in the previous one. These, in turn, are ...