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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... allowed the impact of the referendum result to be dampened rather than amplified". However, the BOE expects UK economic activity to "weaken in the near-term," pointing to early indications such as the" sharp falls in some measures of business and consumer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... elsewhere in the world". On Brexit, the RBA declared that, "Any effects of the referendum outcome on global economic activity remain to be seen and, outside the effects on the UK economy itself, may be hard to discern". BOE eases First shot across the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future economic activity three to nine months in advanced. The index increased by 0.20 points to 97.0 in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... response to them on the global financial markets, prospects regarding the European debt problem and the momentum of economic activity and prices in Europe, and geopolitical risks". The BOJ concluded its statement with the usual promise, "It will examine ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... rate has declined". According to the FOMC statement, the slowdown in the labour market came just as "growth in economic activity appears to have picked up". Household spending has been strengthening since the start of the year and "the drag form net ...

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 ...