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Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... percentage point to 0.22 percentage point. Yup, we've got the latest update on this one too -- exports down 2.6% in October and imports down 2.1%. The only thing, it seems, that makes a December lift-off a foregone conclusion is, so far, the bigger-than-expected ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... wall even before WBC's rate hike: China continues to slow - underscored by the latest worst-than-expected 20.4% drop in imports and lower than expected and below target inflation reading of 1.6% in September and the 43rd straight month of negative annual ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... are back down again all because, they say, financial markets didn't like what they saw in the China's trade data where imports dropped by a bigger than expected 20.4% in the year to September. And this, on top of a 13.8% fall (yoy) the month before. ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... month. So did export prices, down to minus 1.4% from minus 0.4%. If you think that's bad, try the annual rates which showed imports prices plummeted to minus 11.4% last month from minus 10.4% in July and export prices down to minus 7.0% from minus 6.1%. ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... sparked hopes of further stimulus and Fed lift-off delay. As 'The Guardian' reports, the latest trade data revealed that, "Imports into China slumped by 13.8% (in dollar terms) year-on-year, while exports were 5.5% lower." These suggest that both China's ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... but a solid 3.7% in the second quarter - backed up by "an upturn in exports, an acceleration in PCE, a deceleration in imports, an upturn in state and local government spending, and an acceleration in nonresidential fixed investment that were partly ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... overnight. Beijing reported tumbling exports - down 8.3% in the year to July - indicating weak global demand and diving imports - down 8.1% over the same period - suggesting weak domestic demand. Yippee-kay-yay! Markets rally for it was so bad that it's ...

Growth or crisis, always reasons to worry in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... manufacturing side," he said. "A lot of the things that are manufactured would be priced out of the market because of the cheap imports coming in," he added. Modelling done by BNY Mellon estimates that G4 growth would add over $10 trillion to the four ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... spending. Higher emigration can also contribute to the reduction of current account imbalances as it reduces the demand for imports in the GIIPS and fosters their exports. This effect will be all the greater the more the intra-eurozone migration triggers ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... was "unlikely". While the yen's sharp decline has been good news for Japanese exporters, it has pushed up the cost of imports and eroded consumers' purchasing power. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell after Orion Health said an expected US-based contract ...