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Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone (real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the third quarter ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... comes around. Weak global growth (i.e., weak foreign demand) - coupled with a strong US dollar - is taking its toll on US exports (down 2% in August to its lowest level since October 2012 which, in turn, is pulling down industrial production (annual ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... reduced growth and less upward price pressure. Have a look at what the rise and rise of the US dollar have done to US exports - they haven't registered any positive year-on-year growth in each and every month of 2015 through to August - the first time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... The euro got as low as $US1.0466, its lowest level since January 2003. Investors fear the strong US dollar will harm US exports and emerging market economies, analysts said. LONDON - European stocks in the eurozone's main markets mostly rose, ending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... hitting a 12-year high on Wednesday. Despite the easing, equity investors are still worried a strong greenback will dent US exports, said Mace Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets finished the day ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... extraordinary stimulus. Some analysts have expressed worry at the speed of the dollar's ascent and the possible drag on US exports. LONDON - German and French stock markets rebounded sharply after upbeat comments from ECB head Mario Draghi but the euro ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... according to the Financial Times, the US could be about to hit back. "A strong dollar now hitting corporate profits and US exports and an accumulating number of moves by central banks around the world to weaken their own currencies has revived an old ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... September after growing by 6.2% in the April-June period. Coming soon, business investment in manpower. Wait there's more! US exports increased at an annual rate of 4.0% in the third quarter, faster than the 3.6% pace in the second. And why the heck ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... makes up 70% of the US economy - from 0.4% to 0.7%. And, despite the global growth slowdown in the second quarter, US exports increased by 3.6%. Further, the Commerce Department jacked up business investment higher to show an annualised growth rate of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... damaged in last week's earthquake and tsunami. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, accounts for 10 per cent of US exports. "It's a situation where you sell, and you ask questions later," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York-based ...