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Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... growth rate is faster than China's 7.9% score and Japan's 7.6%. While it's below that of the US (12.2%), the Eurozone (13.7%) or the UK (22.2%), these economies suffered deeper and/or longer contractions than the land down under. But it's ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... "distorted" spike we've witnessed so far this year. Japan's back in deflation, consumer prices in the US and the Eurozone and the UK have eased and has stabilised in China. Bottom line: Despite world central banks' desire to return policy ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... April and May. The unemployment rate inched up to 5.9% in June from the 14-month low of 5.8% recorded in May. In the Eurozone, the IHS Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI rose from 63.1 in May to a new record high of 63.4 in June 2021 - the 12th straight ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... 4.3% this year (from 3.6% its predicted in December 2020) and 4.4% in 2022 (from 3.3%). Although still in contraction, Eurozone GDP growth has improved to negative 1.3% in the year to the March 2021 quarter from negative 4.7% in the previous quarter. ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... beats the US's 0.4% GDP expansion over the same one-year period, and far and away from economic contractions in the Eurozone (-1.8%), Japan (-1.8), and the United Kingdom (-6.1%). There'll always be dissenters but, for me, the Morrison government ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... to a record high reading with both the manufacturing and services sectors soaring to their highest readings ever. The Eurozone Composite Output Index jumped to a 39-month high with the services sector up to its highest reading in 39 months and while ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
The Eurozone is back - back in recession, that is, dragged down into a double-dip by the coronavirus -- its resurgence (third time unlucky), its variants and the slow pace of vaccinations. Preliminary estimates released by Eurostat show the single-currency ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... the manufacturing (60.6) and services sectors (63.1) ramping up to their highest levels on record. The IHS Markit flash Eurozone Composite PMI increased to a nine-month high reading of 53.7 in April (from 53.2 in March). The region's manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Just like the myth of Europa, Eurozone equities are riding on the back of a bull. Eurozone equities soared to their highest levels in 13 years. The VStoxx index - the Eurozone's fear gauge dropped to 13-month lows. Lucky 13. The Euro Stoxx-50 index ...

Chief economist update: BOJ has no plans to ease easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... "Interim Outlook Forecasts" has Japan's GDP growing by 2.7% this year. This compares with 6.5% for the US; 3.9% for the Eurozone; and 5.1% for the UK.