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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit widened to A$3.4 billion in February, an 8% increase from the previous month's A$3.2 billion shortfall and disappointing consensus expectations for an improvement to a A$2.5 billion trade gap. Exports ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Australian retail sales Retail spending showed no change in the month of February. This is lower than market expectations for a 0.4% lift, marking the third month in a row of disappointing retail sales - up 0.3% in January versus expectations for a ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... consensus expectations for a reading of 9. Likewise, Eurozone inflation remains negative, at minus 0.1% in the year to March (from minus 0.2%). The ECB has euro appreciation not to thank for this. The deterioration in economic sentiment -- down for a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... exports and import-competing producers" is how AiG explained the rise in its Performance of Manufacturing Index to 58.1 in March - the highest level since April 2004 and the ninth straight month of expansion (the longest since 2006). All seven of activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... the indication from the latest ADP employment report that showed 200,000 workers were hired by private US companies in March - a slight dip from February's 205,000 addition but more than market expectations for a 195,000 increase. The official non-farm ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... February's 94.0 (upwardly revised from 92.2). While US consumers' assessment of their present conditions fell to 113.5 in March - the lowest reading since November last year -- from 115 in the previous month, expectations over the next six months improved ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

Nominations open for 2016 MAX Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
The financial services industry's marketing, advertising and sales excellence awards, the 2016 MAX Awards, will be held on the 23rd of June at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Nominations are now open. The annual event is hosted by Financial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... quarter." (Markit Economics) Markit flash Eurozone composite PMI A sharp improvement in the eurozone's services sector in March - Services PMI Activity Index up to 54.0 from 53.3 in February - helped lift the region's composite PMI reading up to a higher ...