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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... weakest growth rate since Q1 2014 -- from 1.4% in the final quarter of last year. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), "The deceleration in real GDP in the first quarter reflected a larger decrease in nonresidential fixed investment, a ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... "Republican-on-Republican violence." The last time the America closed for business was in October 1-16, 2013. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) later estimated that the shutdown took around 0.3% off US fourth quarter real GDP. And that's just ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... come! Then again, maybe not... for inflation remains contained. Here's the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' blurb: "The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 1.4 percent ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... seasonal patterns." Yes Virginia, that advance estimate of 0.2% annualised rate of GDP growth the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported the US economy grew by in the March quarter of this year is wrong. "The application of second-round seasonal ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... The sting in the tail, the fly in the ointment, is that Wednesday's release would also include the Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) benchmark revisions to the National Accounts numbers going back to the start of 1999. Still... no problemo, for they ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... S&P 500 index declined by 1.0% on the day - and the Dow by 1.32% -- on this day for on this day, the Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) advance estimate of third quarter growth showed the economy advancing at annualised rate of 2.8% -- far, far faster ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... out?A Ok, ok...the Fed will taper this September. You only have to read the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' summary of the National Accounts revision to know it's gotten so good for the US economy. "The increase in real GDP in ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Australia's trading session had already called it off for the week when the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the better-than-expected scorecard for the economy. But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better ...
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