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Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Paul Dales, "supports our view that the biggest surpluses are in the past and that net exports were a drag on real GDP growth in the first quarter". That may be, but we're already in the midst of the second quarter. And so far, latest data show global ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... investment, slows while the contributions from exports and business investment increase. The Bank now projects real GDP growth of 2 1/2 per cent in 2017 and just below 2 per cent in 2018 and 2019." To be sure, the Canadian economy had been gaining momentum ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... quarterly drop since the 0.2% fall registered in March 2011. The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth rate in real GDP growth down to 1.8% in the September quarter from 3.1% in the second but (using the same measure) still ahead of the US (1.6%) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
Japan GDP Preliminary estimates of Japan's third quarter economy provided a positive surprise. Japanese real GDP growth accelerated to a quarterly rate of 0.5% in the three months to September from 0.2% in the June quarter and more than double market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual growth rate of 3.3% in the June quarter ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... currently 230%of GDP. CNBC are quoting analysts from SMBC Nikko Securities who expect the package will push up real GDP growth by just 0.4% this year, trailing off to just one tenth that impact next year. To fund the package the Bank of Japan is expected ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... business investment (down 0.7% from the initial estimate of a 1.4% decrease). On an annualised basis, Japan's real GDP growth expanded by 1.9% in the first quarter of this year, up from the initial estimate of 1.7% and a sharp reversal from the December ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... sunk to a level that we're trying to get up to. So, my heart goes out to you". That was the time when Australia's real GDP growth slowed to a 4-year low of 1.8% year-on-year (March 2013 quarter). This time, annual growth had been accelerating for three ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... coming years than they have been historically. Under its own modelling, Standard Life Investments believes global real GDP growth of 1% combined with 1% inflation and sub-1% interest rates would translate to an annualised equity market return of just ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... US first quarter GDP confirmed the slowing momentum earlier indicated by earlier stats on economic activity. US real GDP growth slowed to a an annualised rate of 0.5% in the March quarter - expectations were for a 0.7% print and the weakest growth rate ...