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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... by a hefty 11.0% drop in April; January's 15.0% rise was followed by a 9.2% decline in the following month. Philippine exports The weak global market continues to hamper Philippine exports. Total exports dropped by 11.4% in June - the 15th straight month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... previous month while profitability declined to 7 from 12. However, the employment component remained stable at 4 while exports increased to a reading of 3 from 2 in June and 1 in May. Price pressures remain low with labour costs easing to a quarterly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... surplus since January this year (US$6.3 billion) but was achieved through a much sharper decline in imports relative to exports. Imports dropped by 12.5% in the year to July - the 21st consecutive month of year-on-year contraction - while exports declined ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... expected to expand to 135 million by 2020 this represents a huge opportunity for Australia's agricultural and services exports. Two-way trade between Australia and Indonesia is currently valued at about $11 billion, according to Department of Foreign ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's record beef exports Australia exported a record 267,578 tonnes of grainfed beef in 2015-16, up 15% year-on-year. This is 4,618 tonnes higher than the previous record in 2006-07, according to the Meat and Livestock Association. The MLA said ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... programme and the NZ Customs Secure Export Scheme (SES). "It is anticipated that the MRA will allow $3 billion of New Zealand exports to Australia to be fast tracked. As we increase membership of the ATT programme, we expect that $7.5 billion of Australian ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... said. However, the associated increase in labour costs, despite subsidies to alleviate them, will hurt competitiveness and exports. As the short-run impact of the jump in household income wanes, growth is projected to edge down in 2017. Productivity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... showed strong gains in employment (+4 in June from +1 in May) and forward orders (+4 from +2) and continuing improvement in exports (+2 from +1) and profitability (+12 from +11). The fall in the "stocks" component from +4 to +1 in June is also good news ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... the unemployment rate has fallen from last year's cyclical high. Significant currency depreciation is spurring services exports, particularly education and tourism. Low nominal interest rates, coupled with pent-up underlying demand, have been encouraging ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... billion. This is worse than market expectations for a US$40.0 billion deficit and was driven by a combination of a decline in exports, down 0.2% in May -- as the US dollar index rose by 3.5% over the moth - and a 1.6% increase in imports.