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India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... meeting. Not surprisingly, the RBI admitted that the introduction of the GST in July have had a negative impact on economic activity particularly, in the manufacturing sector. "This may further delay the revival of investment activity, which is already ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... vessels. Whitehelm sees opportunities to develop on the terminal's land bank and add infrastructure to support economic activity in the northeast part of the Netherlands. Whitehelm has invested about €5.8 billion ($8.7 billion) in its 19-year history ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... with adverse implications for financial stability. For these reasons, and given that monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation with a substantial lag, it would be imprudent to keep monetary policy on hold until inflation is back to 2%." ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... in a stable manner. The bank will make policy adjustments as appropriate, taking account of developments in economic activity and prices as well as financial conditions, with a view to maintaining the momentum toward achieving the price stability target." ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... world's second biggest economy towards "healthier and more sustainable" growth. More to the point, the slowdown in economic activity is an affirmation of the success of the Politburo's endeavours (commands? or heads will roll) at decreasing excess capacity ...

Divergent business confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... remained at very high levels. These are all fine and dandy readings that point to further improvement in domestic economic activity, so why the deterioration in confidence? NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, explains: "escalating tensions with North Korea ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... for output and employment. An appreciating exchange rate would be expected to result in a slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." This followed August's 'Statement on Monetary Policy' where the RBA noted that: "It ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... which remained at a strong reading of 56.3 in July. Although measured inflation remains below target, stronger economic activity should contain further erosion in inflation expectations.

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... concern over the currency. "An appreciating exchange rate would be expected to result in a slower pick-up in economic activity and inflation than currently forecast." (RBA) "A lower New Zealand dollar is needed to increase tradables inflation and help ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... program relatively soon, provided that the economy evolves broadly as anticipated..." Well, the economy, i.e., economic activity is evolving broadly as the Fed expected, but inflation is not. US headline inflation has ticked up slightly to 1.7% in the ...