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Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... (zero growth) in the first quarter - second quarter figures not out yet - after a small 0.2% increase in the December quarter. Geo-political tensions aren't over. "Only the dead have seen the end of war". (Plato)

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... increased by only 0.6% in the year to the March quarter, marginally up from the 0.4% year-on-year rate in the December quarter - suggesting that rising inflation remains not a threat. Because of this, expect the BOE's statement to read: "The Bank of ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... count shows 32.8% of the unemployed had been unemployed for 27 weeks and over. Before the Great Recession in the December quarter of 2007, there were only 18.9% of 'em. After recession's end in the June quarter of 2009, there were 34% of 'em. Not just ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... strength, falling commodity prices - specifically iron ore prices. China's economy has slowed some more (7.7% in the December quarter to 7.4% in the first) when these slide extrapolations were published. The US dollar is stronger (against the yen and ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... know most of 'em are headed to China. China's still buying despite the slowdown in its economy from 7.7% in the December quarter to 7.4% in the three months ended March. But it's not only China, Australian products are also shipped elsewhere. The mere ...

Super returns bonanza fizzles out

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... investment income across these funds was $12 billion for the March quarter, compared with $44 billion for the December quarter, $51 billion for September, $21 billion for June, and $43 billion for the March quarter. This brings the 12 month rate of return ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Belgium. Real GDP grew by 0.4% in the three months to March - the fastest in three years -- from 0.3% in the December quarter. As it was for the region's biggest economy - Germany - where economic growth quickened to 0.4% in the first quarter from 0.3% ...

YBR adds 13 branches to its network

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... reported. Excluding net insurance underwriter payments, YBR net operating deficit went from $1.33 million in the December quarter to $1.11 million in the March quarter. Total cash outflows, which include payments to branches, were reduced by 12% to $7.17 ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... (February) show 37% of the unemployed had been unemployed for 27 weeks and over. Before the Great Recession in the December quarter of 2007, there were only 18.9% of 'em. After recession's end in the June quarter of 2009, there were 34% of 'em. Chair ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... GDP growth has also come down from the heady 10%-13% plus annual rate back in 2010/11 to just 4.7% as at the December quarter of last year - and that's even before the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) latest round of interest rate hikes flow through into ...