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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... the 0.1 per cent contraction in the December quarter of last year. Statistics New Zealand reported that the country's real GDP expanded by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter supported by increased consumer spending. Although the annual growth rate in ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... emphasised that there is not a definite schedule for the implementation of interest rate hikes. Japanese first quarter real GDP growth was revised from an annualised rate of 1.9 per cent to 3.1 per cent on the back of stronger capital expenditures and ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... bias towards further RBA rate hikes. Following yesterday's faster-than-expected 0.9 per cent growth in March quarter real GDP, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest Labour Force report, released today, showed that the number of employed persons ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... Australian economy expanded by a faster-than-expected 0.9 per cent in the March quarter, taking the annual growth in real GDP up to 3.1 per cent. Market expectations were for a first quarter increase of 0.7 per cent and 2.7 per cent over the year. The ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
... economic calendar is full this week. Financial markets will be particularly interested in the first quarter Australian real GDP report scheduled for release on Wednesday. But before this, the ABS will release first quarter data on business sales and ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... meets again at the end of next month. But financial market sentiment turned rosier following the upward revision in US real GDP growth for the March quarter. More importantly, the revised US National Accounts figures showed that despite stronger growth ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Last night's revision to first quarter US National Accounts provided some good news to financial markets. US real GDP growth in the first quarter was upwardly revised to 5.3 per cent - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 -- from the initial ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... mortgage rates by a number of lenders. In offshore news, growth in the Eurozone economy appears to be gaining traction. Real GDP rose by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.3 per cent recorded in the December quarter of 2005, taking the region's ...

Daily economic update

... cent. This strong report will provide the underpinning for an upward revision to the already strong first quarter US real GDP. Forward indicators also indicate that there is no slowing yet in the US economy. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... continue to raise interest rates. Coming on top of the weekend's strong 4.8 per cent annualised growth in first quarter real GDP - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 - the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing survey ...