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Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Things continue to look up in the Eurozone. Eurostat reported that the region's trade surplus widened to €25.9 billion in November from €20.2 billion in the previous month and €22.9 billion in November 2015. This was better than market expectations ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... high as 100 to a dollar. The yen's depreciation since Trump - currently trading at 114.17 -- should underpin Japanese exports and the manufacturing sector, and capital investment in them - one that's also indicated by the improvement in the Bank of Japan's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... November following the previous month's 10.3% drop and is better than market expectations for a 2.0% contraction. By country, exports declined to Thailand (-9.5%); the Philippines (-6.9%); Taiwan (-1.2%); India (-1.2%); and the US (-1.8%). Shipments ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Australia is that the Fed's interest rate hike trajectory would maintain downward pressure on the Australian dollar - making exports more competitive and help support growth. Donald Trump could be the spoiler though. His reflationary policies ensure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... underlying momentum in the economy as evidence mounts that the non-mining economy is losing steam". Trading, profitability and exports all declined in November from October while employment was flat at a low +1 reading. Australia residential property ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... This is larger than the expected A$0.8 billion trade gap and driven by a larger increase in imports (2.3%) relative to exports (1.4%) over the month. It's indeed a scary story considering that net exports (exports minus imports) go into the calculation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... slowing in the year-ended growth rate before it picks up again while at the same time anticipating further increases in exports of resources as completed projects come online. The Australian central bank also noted that that the commodity price rise ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... 2016/17. Australia AiG manufacturing survey Rising demand and confidence, along with a relatively cheaper A$ and increased exports, sent the AiG performance of manufacturing index higher into expansion territory, rising to a reading of 54.2 in November ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... quarter of 2014 (5.0%) was driven by higher contributions from consumer spending (1.89 percentage points from 1.47) and net exports (0.87 from 0.83). This was partly offset by fixed investment (-0.15 pp from -0.09) and government consumption and investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... US$2.55 billion in September and US$2.10 billion in the same month last year. A bigger than expected 4.2% yoy drop in exports in October along (from a 3.4% increase in September) along with a 6.5% pick up in exports (from up 5.6% in September) accounted ...