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Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... the indications from last week's National Accounts that the consumer remains the economy's major driving force. US GDP growth expanded at an annual rate of 1.9% in the fourth quarter with the 2.5% growth in personal consumption contributing 170 basis ...

A minor slip but still going stronger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... "The eurozone economy has started 2017 on a strong note. The January flash PMI is signalling respectable quarterly GDP growth of 0.4% with a broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and services." "Firms' expectations about the year ahead are ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... means the domicile of big companies is not as important as past decades. Insync says shrinking workforces mean lower GDP growth and with this the assumptions feeding into investment fundamentals such as earnings per share growth and the like will also ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... problem for Australia... and more so given indications of a weakening economy and a negative start - as in negative 0.5% GDP growth in the third quarter - to the fourth quarter. Business conditions have deteriorated in October and November and so has ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...

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%) ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... made this moot, employment after all is a lagging indicator. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in the second quarter. This is the fastest growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in the second quarter. The fastest growth rate since ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... increase in the previous quarter; construction sector growth slowed to 1.6% from 2.0%. The Singaporean government expects GDP growth of 1.0% - 1.5% (downgraded from earlier predictions of 1.0% to 2.0%) this year and 1.0% - 3.0% in 2017. Hong Kong trade ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... recorded in June 2001. The ANZ estimates that this would subtract around 0.7 percentage points to September quarter GDP growth. US durable goods orders US durable goods orders surged by 4.8% in the month of October, beating market expectations for a ...