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Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... indices expanding. According to AiG, "Comments from manufacturers in April indicate demand continues to improve. Increasing exports are a key theme, with several manufacturers reporting success in new markets in Asia. Stronger output and prices in the ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Asia's economies has never been greater. Australia's existing relationships with Asia are largely built around commodity exports. The growth of Asia's middle class and the maturing of Asia's economies means the demand profile of products and services ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... impose retroactive tariffs of up to 24% on Canadian softwood lumber imports that could expand to include Canadian dairy exports to the US. Not surprisingly, the Canadian dollar dropped to a 14-month low against the US dollar before settling at US$73.67 ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... March 2016's surplus of ¥744.9 billion. This is because Japan bought more than it sold over the past 12 months to March. Exports grew by 12.0% while imports jumped by 15.8%. And that is the good news. Japanese exports have been on an uptrend since the ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... January-February period and beating market expectations for an 8.8% gain, led by a 13.6% jump in investment from state firms. Exports surged by 16.4% in the year to March, a strong rebound from the 1.3% fall recorded in the previous month and significantly ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... suggests there is still cause to be cautious about the longer-term outlook, particularly as other growth drivers (LNG exports, commodity prices and housing construction) begin to fade. Meanwhile, the RBA has emphasised its financial stability concerns ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... imports - down by 5.0% over the same month. While an improvement from the 3% fall in January, the 1.0% growth in February exports is weaker than December's 5.0 surge and growth in some of its major components - non-rural goods (up 1%); services (up 1%) ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... latest trade stat indicates that the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) optimism, noted in its March monetary policy statement that, "Exports are expected to follow a moderate increasing trend on the back of an improvement in overseas economies" is perhaps, more ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... However, it is the longer-term growth picture that we are more concerned about, particularly as the contributions from LNG exports, temporarily higher commodity prices and the residential construction boom fade, putting pressure on the labour market. ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... increase since December 2011 led by rising prices for capital goods, industrial supplies and materials and agricultural exports.