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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... respondents - a record high - cited political uncertainty as a reason for holding off on expansion). Eurozone economic sentiment The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment for the Eurozone rose to a reading of plus 5.4 in September, an improvement from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... after gaining by 0.5% in the previous month and missing market expectations for a 0.6% increase. ZEW Eurozone economic sentiment Economic sentiment in the Eurozone rebounded to a reading of plus 4.6 in August following the Brexit-induced drop to minus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... 1.6%. Eurozone confidence Economic, consumer and business confidence in the Eurozone all weakened in June. Economic sentiment eased to a reading of 104.4 in June from 104.6 in May, disappointing expectations for a pick up to a 104.7 reading. Continued ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... residential house prices slowed to 6.8% in the first quarter from 8.7% in the December 2015 quarter. German economic sentiment A big bounce in German economic sentiment. The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment for Germany surged by 12.8 points to a reading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... German consumers' sentiment was mixed in May - the same picture painted by contrasting indications from the ZEW economic sentiment index - down to a reading of 16.8 in May from 21.5 in April - and the Ifo business climate index - up to 107.7 in May from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... reading since January this year and better than expectations for a reading of -9.0. Similarly, the DG ECFIN's economic sentiment indicator for the eurozone advanced by 0.9 points to a reading of 103.9 in April, halting the previous three consecutive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... on the economy. But housing starts numbers are notoriously volatile and are subject to big revisions. Euro economic sentiment It seems like the ECB's aggressive monetary policy stimulus is beginning to bear fruit. The ZEW euro area economic sentiment ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... year to March (from minus 0.2%). The ECB has euro appreciation not to thank for this. The deterioration in economic sentiment -- down for a third straight month to a reading of 103.0 in March from 103.9 in February, 105.0 in January and 106.6 in December ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... strong yen suggest only limited, if at all, improvement in industrial output in the coming months. Eurozone economic sentiment Economic sentiment in the Eurozone declined for a third straight month to a reading of 103.0 in March from 103.9 in February ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... is all it took for euro area financial markets to go loco. Yes Virginia, they've gone loco over reports that economic sentiment in the region's locomotive - Germany -- rebounded (big time) in November after falling month after month after month since ...