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Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... is it. Latest data show that China's manufacturing sector is back in expansion. The official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) China manufacturing PMI increased to a reading of 50.5 in March after dropping to a three-year low of 49.2 in the previous ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... consecutive month of decline and the weakest reading since February this year). According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this is due to intensifying trade tensions, weaker domestic demand and adverse weather. While the latest reading indicates ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... Politburo's achievement of its overriding goals should the acceleration in profits continue. China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that industrial profits jumped by 24% in the year to August, significantly faster than the previous month's ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... domestic equity market is the improving outlook for Australia's biggest export market - China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded to a reading of 51.7 in June after slowing to 51.2 in April and May ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... China's manufacturing sector and suggesting a weak start to the second quarter. China's official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 51.2 in April from 51.8 in March. While this marked the 9th consecutive month ...

China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... it remains below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Moreover, this isn't likely to last for according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), much of the increase in consumer prices in January was due to higher food and travel costs heading into the Lunar New ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... sector is going the other way of the US and Europe, at least that's the indication from the official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reading. China's manufacturing PMI rose to 50.4 in August from 49.9 in July. This is the best reading since October ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... over dropping commodity prices on concerns over slowing China. Those concerns grew after Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics reported that declining producer prices, reduced investment returns and foreign exchange losses (due to the recent yuan devaluation) ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... a pick-up in the yen, and Seoul was marginally lower, giving up 1.16 points to 2,064.03. China's National Bureau of Statistics said the consumer price index came in at 1.2 per cent in May, down from April's 1.5 per cent. The figure is the latest showing ...