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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... May from April - above the long-run average of plus 5. Oster concludes, "Overall, this outcome suggests that economic activity is holding up reasonably well, with the RBA more focused on the inflation outlook - encouragingly, inflation indicators in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... November last year and halted the decline of the past two months. The coincident index - a measure of current economic activity - also improved in April, rising to 112.2 from 110.2 in March as did the lagging index, up to a 115.1 reading in April from ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... already so big. We got used to the anchor at 10% growth. The fact is that China growing at 5% now adds more economic activity than growing 10% five years ago." Tinker added that investors must recognise the new forces that will undermine profitability ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... advanced estimate of 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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... advanced estimate of 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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity dipped by 0.1% in March to 96.59 - the lowest reading on record - after falling by 0.2% in the previous month. Among the components, consumer sentiment expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... US$. Back in June last year, one greenback could buy more ¥120. The coincident index - an indicator of current economic activity - fell to 110.3 in February from 113.5 in the previous month. The 3.2 drop over the month is the biggest since the 6.6 decline ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... no significant change. In fact, the latest dribble of stats and surveys indicate continued deterioration in economic activity - except for Australia (ehem, ehem)... and the US (but more on this later). It's a humongous task to try to list them all on ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... reduce export prices, increase export volume and voila, economy grows and inflation rises due to expansion of economic activity plus the higher prices of imports. Neat, 'ey? But a cheaper currency also leads to a decrease in demand for imports from the ...

Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
This is the picture of Australia painted by the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The headline index fell to a reading of 97.13 in January from 97.17 in the previous month. This is the index's lowest level on record ...