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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... further stimulus, the weakness of the overall pace of expansion and disappointing trends in hiring, order books, business optimism and prices all suggest that policymakers will keep the door open for more stimulus later in the year". Add to this the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... improvement in both present and future home sales and new construction in most regions. A reading above 50 indicates optimism. Japanese GDP Disappointing Japanese economic growth figures have all but cemented expectations for more policy easing from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... indication of an improved US second quarter economy. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) small business optimism index rose to 94.5 in June - the highest level since December 2015 - from 93.8 in May. This is higher than market expectations ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
The sentiment of mass affluent Australians has recovered in Q2 2016 amid renewed optimism for the economy and business but remains in negative territory, according to CoreData's latest quarterly Investor Sentiment Report. The uptick in the Investor ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... from 2005 to 2013, however this actually benefited commodity-producing countries in emerging markets and drove a general optimism regarding the asset class. On the Chinese economy, McClone said its largest parts - the service and consumer-related sectors ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... 53.1 - from 52.4 in April, as "Service providers report slowest rate of staff hiring since December 2014" and "Business optimism drops to its lowest recorded since the survey began in October 2009". The fall in both US manufacturing and services activity ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... likely to weaken further than accelerate. Inflows of new work showed the smallest rise for nearly a year-and-a-half, while optimism about the business outlook in the service sector sank to its lowest since July 2015". (Markit Economics). Markit/Nikkei ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
US NFIB small business optimism The National Federation of Independent Business' (NFIB) small business optimism index increased to 93.6 in April, rebounding from the previous month's two-year low level of 92.6 and better than market expectations for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... aggressive monetary policy stimulus is beginning to bear fruit. The ZEW euro area economic sentiment index - a measure of optimism over the current and expected economic situation over the next six months - more than doubled to a reading of 21.5 in April ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... "proactive response" to support global growth "...based on structural, fiscal, and monetary policies". US small business optimism It appears that the reported improvement in the US ISM manufacturing -- up to 51.8 in March from 49.5 in Feb -- and non-manufacturing ...