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US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by 7% over the same period - hip, hip... China's still buying from the rest of the world." But hey, that was last ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Income conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases September's International merchandise imports data. And, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out. In equities news, Newcrest Mining is slated to post ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by 7% over the same period - hip, hip... China's still buying from the rest of the world. So too did slowing Chinese ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... 2014 low (1 July). Surely Shirley, this would, in time, show up in Uncle Sam's trade accounts as lower exports and higher imports - that equates to lesser economic growth overall. We all know the reason behind the greenback's go, go, going -- speculations ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... strengthen a lot, it would have consequences for growth... We would have poorer trade performance, less exports, more imports. And if the dollar were to appreciate a lot, it would tend to dampen inflation. So it would make it harder to achieve our two ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... in 4 years, steel largely flat (Reuters) China Industrial Output And Retail Sales Growth Slows In Aug (RTT News) China Imports Falter As Consumers Fail To Deliver (Forbes) China Money-Supply Growth Eases to Five-Month Low (Bloomberg) Chinese fixed asset ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... - up 0.5% on the quarter and 2.5% over the year - adding 0.3 percentage points to GDP. But Net Exports (exports minus imports) detracted 0.9 percentage points from growth with exports dropping by 0.8% on the quarter. Go back to the National Accounts ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... June and 2.7% in May. Moreover, July's data showed that Japan's 2.3% year-on-year increase in offshore purchases - led by imports of oil and gas (due to the shutdown of its nuclear reactors) - widened the country's trade deficit to A¥964 billion (US$9.4 ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... the financial markets really believe that the US/EU v Russia tiff (for now) is over? Putin bans food and agricultural imports from the US/EU and their allies - and deliberating on over introducing "supportive measures" for its auto, shipping and aerospace ...