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Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... central bank - released figures showing that the country's gross international reserves increased to US$82.6 billion in March - the highest since December 2013 - from US$81.9 billion in the previous month and US$80.5 billion in March 2015. BSP governor ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... dollar back then. Caixin China Composite PMI The Caixin China Composite PMI - manufacturing and services - rose to 51.3 in March - the highest reading in 11 months - after dipping into contraction territory (49.4) in February, pointing to a rebound in ...

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 ...