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US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... local bourse. Wall Street fell overnight on the back of weaker-than-expected data releases. The advance estimate of US real GDP showed growth of 1.9 percent in the June quarter, lower than market expectations for a 2.3 percent gain. More negative, fourth ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... from June's 50.4. The US economy's scorecard, the advance estimate of second quarter GDP will be released on Friday. US real GDP is forecast to grow at an annualised rate of 2.2 percent in the June quarter, up from the 1 percent rate in the first quarter. ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... Central Bank will likely need to increase interest rates even before an economic turnaround has taken place. Plosser sees real GDP growing by a mere 1.7 per cent this year along with a rising unemployment rate. Data released last night indeed show that ...

Quiet Market Activity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... due to the deterioration in construction production and as higher inflation dampened consumption. German June quarter real GDP will be released next month. In the UK, the Rightmove house price index fell by 1.8 percent in July from the previous month ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... to rise by 0.2 percent following growth of 0.3 percent in the first quarter. The annualized rate is expected to show real GDP growth slowing to 1.6 percent in the June quarter from the previous rise of 2.3 percent.

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... because domestic economic growth, although slowing like the rest, is still above its long-term trend. Australian annual real GDP growth increased by 3.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, following a 4.3 percent advance in the previous three month ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... stable performances of the previous year. However, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, a slowdown is expected in real GDP global growth, down from 5.4 per cent in 2006 to a forecast 4.8 per cent in 2007 and 2008. After several years of spirited ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... Capgemini Australia. "North America experienced a significant growth in HNWI population, because in North America, the real GDP and market cap both posted strong gains in 2006. While looking at Europe, HNWI growth accelerated due to the strong market ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... systems. "In blunt terms that means fewer people of working age in proportion to those of retirement age& means that real GDP per person is projected to increase by [only] 1.6 percent per year on average over the next 40 years, compared with 2.1 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... months and they confirm that according to their analysis the peak was in June 2006. DEWR says that dwelling approvals and real GDP are the components behind the fall in the indicator. The six equally weighted variables that feed into the DEWR leading ...