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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... was unchanged at 2.1% in November from October, down from September's 2.2% annual rate and August's 2.3%. Persistent US dollar strength should ease pressure on consumer price increases. US Markit manufacturing PMI If the trend improvement in the country's ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... quickly rebounded after the December 2015 lift off. Ten-year bond yields jumped and then resumed their decline. The US dollar's reaction was the same: the US dollar index rose by 0.7% last night, almost the same magnitude as its 0.6% appreciation on ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... growth and the turnaround in oil and commodity prices should maintain upward pressure on inflation (partially negated by US dollar appreciation). Financial developments. Check. If the continuing rally on Wall Street - despite higher bond prices - and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... previous month and beating expectations for a 5.0% drop underpinned by the yuan's depreciation -- down 2% versus the US dollar in November and 6.0% year to date. Imports surged by 6.7% in the year to November - mainly due to higher commodity imports ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS report The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed that job openings in America fell by 97K to 5.53 million in October (in line with expectations) from 5.63 million in the previous month (upwardly revised from 5.49 million), taking ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... and Markit manufacturing surveys that indicated increasing expansion in the manufacturing sector notwithstanding the US dollar rally. Barring an unforeseen shock (we can never be sure), data says, it's all systems go for the Fed. For it's a go too for ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... products given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec, including Australian High Interest Cash ETF, FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF, US Dollar ETF, Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) and S&P 500 Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund). BetaShares ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... fore...and with a vengeance. Wall Street continues to scale record highs since Donald's presidential election victory - the US dollar index has risen by 3.7% since the win and yields on 10-year US bonds have risen by 50 basis points over the same period ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... fund in 2013 and have benefited from the improving US rental market fundamentals, strong asset management and improving US dollar. SPIRE has invested approximately AU$250 million in the ROC fund series on behalf of Australian investors and in partnership ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... grew by 5.9% in October from 0.6% in the previous month. US Richmond Fed manufacturing index Despite the strengthening US dollar, manufacturing activity in the US Fifth District went into expansion in November following three consecutive months of contraction. ...