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Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... than the third quarter's 0.4% pace and expectations for the same and he fastest quarterly growth rate since the March quarter of last year. This took the year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... than market expectations for a 0.5% gain and represents continued stronger expansion since the 0.3% growth in the March quarter when Brexit started becoming a concern. Year-on-year, the UK economy expanded by 2.2% in the final quarter of last year, equal ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... September quarter figure represents an improvement from the double-digit drops posted in the June quarter (-15.5%) and March quarter (-14.3%). Manufacturing capex reversed the June quarter's 15.9% jump with a 4.9% fall in the three months to September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth in corporate profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. US consumer sentiment The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... adjustment) declined by 0.6% or US$12.5 billion in the second quarter, following a US$66.0 billion increase (3.4%) in the March quarter. Year-on-year, corporate profits decreased by 4.3%. Profits of domestic industries declined by US$50.5 billion in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... expanded by 0.8% in the second quarter, up from the preliminary estimate of 0.6% and follows the 0.1% growth in the March quarter. China trade balance China's trade surplus declined to US$52.1 billion in August compared with the US$59.7 billion surplus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual growth rate of 3.3% in the June quarter is the fastest since the June quarter of 2012 and marked the economy's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... Total capex dropped by 17.4% in the June quarter compared to the same period in 2015, accelerating from 16.1% in the March quarter and marking the 14th straight quarter of year-on-year contraction. Spending on buildings & structures dropped by 10.6% ...