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The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... landing. These two factors alone (never mind what's happening in Europe and Japan) sent financial markets - equity, bond, commodity and currency - into a tailspin. It wasn't a happy New Year welcome to 2016. It was spooky - as the Australian Financial ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... on 16 December 2015) and 1.83% on the fivers (1.20% last time). Strong domestic growth and the turnaround in oil and commodity prices should maintain upward pressure on inflation (partially negated by US dollar appreciation). Financial developments. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... October trade deficit remains the smallest (except for September) since December 2014. The relatively cheaper A$, rising commodity prices and reflating world economy should underpin improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... increases in exports of resources as completed projects come online. The Australian central bank also noted that that the commodity price rise over the course of the year are providing a boost to national income but that the terms of trade remain significantly ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... interest rates to boost growth. Ouch number three comes in the form of the negative correlation between the greenback and commodity prices. Most emerging market economies are commodity exporters. All these would be of no consequence for emerging markets ...

Listed infrastructure has winners and losers

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... experienced large falls in returns earlier in the year as energy prices continued to decline, but have since rebounded as commodity prices recovered. At the same time, sub-sectors such as airports and utilities were among the strongest performers early ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... still not 100% sure how a President Trump will conduct US policy. But if the recent performance of the equity, bond and commodity markets is any guide, Trump could be the answer to the global growth and reflation central banks have been desperately trying ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... incoming data. In his first speech as RBA governor, Philip Lowe nominated three factors - excess capacity, decline in commodity prices and feeling of reduced pricing power - behind the low inflation environment Australia is currently facing. (http://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2016/sp-gov-2016-10-18.html) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... August last year and input prices increasing at their fastest pace in 15 months on the back of higher "oil-related" commodity prices, and rising wage costs. Japan Nikkei manufacturing PMI As with the United States and the Eurozone, Japan's flash manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... results. According to Westpac's press release: "Nearly two thirds of the gain has come from the combination of: a rally in commodity prices (+0.51ppts); a modest recovery in US industrial production (+0.40ppts) and globally-driven improvements in financial ...