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Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... today's) by lifting the consumption tax from 3% to 5%. The rear view mirror clearly showed that increases in consumer spending and business investment, along with the pick-up in inflation, leading up to the implementation of the tax - the same as what ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Catch-22 situation to me because Australian businesses don't want to spend because of weak domestic spending. Consumer spending is weak because consumers are worried about their jobs (they might be the next cost to be cut) - particularly given headlines ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... knew. It doesn't take a fourth grader to add 0% GDP growth plus low-flation (which discourages business and consumer spending) plus the geo-political troubles at the eurozone's doorstep - Putin tit-for-tat, Syria, Iraq, Ebola - plus tighter fiscal budgets ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... rates. But James said the market was heartened by commentary from retailers this week that suggest an uptick in consumer spending. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have dipped at the start of trading after two days of strong gains. Frankfurt's main ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... Earnings from Amazon (-9.7 per cent), Visa (-3.6 per cent) and Starbucks (-2.1 per cent) raised worries about consumer spending. LONDON - Europe's stock markets dropped as a fall in German business confidence offset positive British growth data, while ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... superlative as many were told it was when it hit the headlines last week, then wouldn't that spark increased consumer spending and amplify business revenues and profits - effectively raising the E (earnings) in the P/E (price-earnings) ratio and ultimately ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... or may not have been compounded by the Asian financial crisis, but the end result was the consequent drop in consumer spending and business investment sent the country into a recession and back into deflation. Today's economic dynamics - before and after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... clearer picture of the economy or are doing a bit of profit taking." He said investors were cautious after soft consumer spending in May affected retailers. TD Securities-Melbourne Institute's will release its inflation gauge for June and the Housing ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Fed's favoured measure of inflation - has advanced closer to the Fed's target (1.8% in May from 1.6% in April), consumer spending - that which accounts for 70% of the economy - remains sluggish. Consumer spending rose by a mere 0.2% in May - less than ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... data. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,431. US consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, rose a mere 0.2 per cent in May after a flat April. Locally ...