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Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Shine, shine, shine, let it shine Thank you strong US dollar. Just as the latest PMI updates for the US and the Eurozone, Japan's manufacturing sector started the New Year with a smile. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
The strong US dollar (weak euro) is doing it for the single currency area. Although down slightly to a preliminary estimate of 54.3 in January (from 54.4 in December), the Markit flash Eurozone composite output index is the second highest reading since ...

From strength to strength

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... was mainly due to stronger demand with new export orders rising only slightly. This is not surprising given the strong US dollar. "Looking ahead, firms were generally optimistic towards the 12-month business outlook in January. Furthermore, the degree ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... mean it has also done so in Australia? If so the Reserve Bank therefore has no reason to cut interest rates. "If the US dollar continues to strengthen does that mean the Australian dollar will fall to levels that people were expecting it to hit this ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... press conference last week - he talked and talked about everything except about his economic policies - brought the US dollar down against most major currencies. But 'twas the Aussie dollar that gained the most. The Australian dollar has reversed its ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... 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. This is sharply above market expectations for an improvement to 41.3 and is the highest level in three years (September ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... market can only speculate what the Twitter-happy Trump will do in his first 100 days. Broadly J.P. Morgan highlighted US dollar strength, the growth of treasury yields, and signs the return of inflation to central bank targets - which they acknowledge ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... goes, the world goes. He'll certainly try... but will it be watered down by the US Congress? Then there's the surging US dollar -- that slows US economic growth and plays into Trump's protectionist' stance that could spark a trade war, notably with China. ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... to do, depreciating in response to the economy's slower growth (relative to the US if you want to look at it from the US dollar viewpoint) until such time that that depreciation boost economic growth. This would put upward pressure on inflation and on ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... its forecast three 25 bps rate hikes next year. However, expectations of higher US interest rates would further boost US dollar appreciation - slow the economy - and play straight into the hands of Trump's other policy - protectionism - that would be ...