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Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... US dollar, the manufacturing sector has recovered and if the seven point jump in new orders to 58.3 -- thanks to higher exports - further improvements are in store for the months ahead. This is in contrast with latest Japanese stats. No thanks to yen ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... down in Australia's currency from its highs of two years ago is central to the current growth of manufacturing, boosting exports and import-competing producers" is how AiG explained the rise in its Performance of Manufacturing Index to 58.1 in March ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... interest in Australia's agribusiness sector, with many reaping the benefits already of recently effected FTA's - beef exports to Japan have experienced an 86% increase, and horticulture exports to Korea are also up - making these companies ideal targets ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... this is not the case. This is because the improvement in the country's trade deficit was due to large declines in both exports and imports. Exports dropped by 10.4% to HK$205.5 billion in the year to February with shipments to China falling by 6.4%. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... a deficit of US$725 in the February from a US$591.5 million surplus in the same month in 2015 on the back of a drop in exports and increased imports. Mexican exports declined by 2.3% in the year to February due largely to a 45.8% drop in oil shipments ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... late January this year, the currency reversed direction is currently exchanging at PHP46.355 per US dollar. Philippine exports fell by 3.9% in the year to January as shipments to the ASEAN countries (-9.5%), China (-8.6%) and Singapore (-8.6%) declined. ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... down, commodities up and the equity markets higher. The greenback's weakening would not only support America - shoring up exports and inducing imported inflation - it would also ease capital outflows out of emerging markets. Higher emerging market currencies ...

No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... still has more work to do in rebalancing the economy towards domestic consumption and away from fixed investment (and exports) and the need for increased policy accommodation or it risks missing even its lowered GDP growth target if 6.5% - 7.0%. But ...

China crashlands back to GFC days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... the markets' current trepidation over slowing global growth. The world is not buying "Made in China" produce. China's exports plunged by 25.4% in the year to February - lower than consensus predictions for a 14.5% drop and an acceleration from the 11.5% ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... by a bigger-than-expected A$2.94 billion in January from A$3.52 billion in the previous month (a 16.7% improvement) as exports increased by 1.1% over the month at the same time that imports decreased by 1.1%. But while the Australian trade figures hogged ...