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Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... 20,457.19, while Seoul closed 0.14 per cent down, giving up 2.91 points to 2065.19. Official data on Monday showed Chinese imports slumped 17.6 per cent in May, a seventh straight fall. Exports dropped for the third successive month, slipping 2.5 per ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... times, a strong currency is a 'de facto' interest rate hike. It slows the economy by making exports less competitive and imports cheaper and it also erodes earnings of offshore US companies when translated back into the greenback. And oh, it also reduces ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... first quarter growth - minus 1.25 percentage points - with exports slumping at an annualised 7.2% over the quarter and imports increasing by 1.8%. Last night's US trade data showing an upward revision in the trade deficit to US$51.4 billion in March ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... first quarter growth - minus 1.25 percentage points - with exports slumping at an annualised 7.2% over the quarter and imports increasing by 1.8% (precisely the sort of numbers you'd expect from a strong currency). The weather is certainly transitory ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Australian Association lunch in New York. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases March's international merchandise imports data. Meanwhile, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out, as is the HIA AND CoreLogic RP Data Residential ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Monday, the Australian market tumbled following weaker than expected data from China that showed falls in exports and imports in the year to March. Mr K'Nell said many investors were likely to sit on the sidelines until the release of Chinese GDP figures ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... trade surplus shrank to US$3.08 billion in March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping another 12.7% in the year to March (after slumping 20.1% in Feb), it's unfathomably unbelievable for the surplus ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... York on Friday. China's customs administration said exports fell by a surprising 15 per cent year-on-year in March, while imports tumbled 12.7 per cent, in the latest data showing the Asian powerhouse economy is struggling. The news weighed on the mining ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Australia releases its monthly board meeting minutes, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics' international merchandise imports data for January is due out, as is the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey. In equities news, Fortescue Metals ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... with biotech firm Cochlear. In Australia, the market's stellar run came to an end on Monday as a sharp drop in Chinese imports caused weakness in the mining sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 5.3 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 5,814.5. The ...