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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... the European Union slashed its economic forecasts for the eurozone. But equity markets brushed off news of sliding retail sales across the eurozone to join a rally by the greenback against major rival currencies after Republicans took control of the ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... of Ebola to Dallas."... and midway through, it had this: "The latest catalyst for concern was the news that U.S. retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in September and wholesale prices unexpectedly fell for the first time in a year. "That added to the drumbeat ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... Mr. Jiwei did say weakness in "one" indicator. Latest data show weakness in industrial production, energy output, retail sales, money supply, fixed asset investment, property prices, foreign direct investment and money supply growth. That's more than ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... China Aug power output falls for first time 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 ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... production growth slowed sharply to 6.9 per cent in August, its lowest rate in more than five years. Meanwhile, solid US retail sales and consumer confidence figures have fuelled speculation that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates soon. ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... weekend, we got news indicating that the Chinese economy is slowing - growth in money supply, industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment all printed below market expectations. But never mind this, China has the determination - the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... companies, a plan that was immediately attacked by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Solid reports on Friday on US retail sales and consumer confidence "are likely fuelling interest rate hike uncertainty ahead of next week's Fed meeting", a market note ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... Asian markets have closed mixed as traders digested a slew of soft data including a weaker-than-expected report on retail sales in the US, the world's largest economy. Investors also focused on eurozone growth data, with recovery in the crisis-battered ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... and a raft of encouraging local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra. Despite lucklustre retail sales data all the major US markets gained overnight with the Dow Jones rising 0.55 per cent while the broad-based S&P 500 jumped ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... monetary policy transmission mechanism." Wall Street's happy - S&P 500 up 0.7% to a two-week high - for the bad US retail sales report (released overnight) conjures happy thoughts about the Fed keeping interest rates low for, perhaps, a considerably ...