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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... population growth which have impacted on demand for rental accommodation." China foreign exchange reserves A weaker US dollar, tighter yuan restrictions and relative calm in the country's equity market and a more positive outlook - Caixin/Markit China ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... gains in business activity (59.8), new orders (56.7) and backlog orders (52.0). Just as in the ISM manufacturing survey, US dollar weakness bumped up new export orders to a reading 58.5 last month from 53.5 in February. New export orders in manufacturing ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... weakened against the Australian and Canadian dollars, the British pound and the Swiss franc, among others. Overall the US dollar index is down 4.1% this year. Perhaps now The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) would stop whinging ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... lower energy and petroleum prices (down 4.1% in the month) and the Canadian dollar's appreciation (up 3.0% versus the US dollar in February). Compared with a year ago, Canadian producer prices fell by 1.4% last month after jumping by 1.7% in January. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... economy which, for Manila, is compounded by the re-strengthening of the Philippine peso. After depreciating versus the US dollar for most of 2015 to a low of PHP48.049 by late January this year, the currency reversed direction is currently exchanging ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... 50.1 in the previous month - is the "slump in international demand" but it's not only that it's also the currency. The US dollar's currently fetching ¥112.38, down (yen up) from ¥120.99 at the start of February and ¥120.55 in the beginning of 2016. ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... bps this year (from 100 bps) in December - or two rate hikes rather than December's four. The announcement sent the US dollar down, commodities up and the equity markets higher. The greenback's weakening would not only support America - shoring up exports ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... reduction that took the official cash rate down to 2.25% last Thursday (10th of March) sent the NZ$ down by 0.9% against the US dollar on the week for a total depreciation of 1.3% so far this year. The S&P/NZX 50 index gained 1.1% over the week for a ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... following the announcement. The announcement had its intended effect on the euro. It sent the euro down 1.6% versus the US dollar. And then Mario said something stupid (or what markets presumed stupid), "...we don't anticipate that it will be necessary ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... would lend further support to rising prices. This is good news for the RBA for it would renew upward pressure on the US dollar (which it already has) and take down the Australian dollar. This would be a "chilling" moment for RBA Governor Glenn Steven ...