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Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... of 5.6% and takes the annual growth rate in core machinery orders up to 13.9% -- the fastest rate in 38 months. Manufacturing orders jumped by 11.8% in the month of July following a 15.9% drop in the previous month while non-manufacturing orders (excluding ...

Chief economist update: The grass is paler on the China side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... The Trump administration is reportedly preparing tariffs on US$200 billion on imports from China. The latest China manufacturing PMI surveys - which track the sector most affected by the trade stoush - are already showing signs of buckling. China's ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... accounts for 19% of Japan's total exports, China 18%. The diffusion index - rise minus fall -- of input prices in manufacturing rose to 30 in the June quarter from 26 in March. This should be a positive for the BOJ's efforts at lifting domestic ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... last year with his trade protectionist policy aimed at "making America great again!" The latest J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey - the sector most susceptible to the war on trade - showed that while the index remains at expansion territory ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... remained at a 42-year low of 4.2% in the three months to March - and the lead from the CIPS Survey where both the manufacturing and services sectors remain at expansion territory, should provide good growth underpinnings in the coming months. What has ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... (preliminary estimate) from 54.9 in April. This is the best reading in three months on the back of gains in both the manufacturing PMI - up to a 44-month high reading of 56.6 in May from 56.5 in April) and the services PMI - up 55.7 from 54.6. By IHS ...

ASIC and FPA submit recommendations to RC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... As such, the association has recommended that large licensees be legally required to operate advice and product manufacturing business entirely separately - calling for different principles, systems and management. FPA believes that a feature of such ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... and soft survey-based indicators. Sharp declines were experienced by PMI, almost all sectors, in retail, sales, manufacturing, services, in construction. Then we had declines in industrial production, in capital goods production. The PMI in exports orders ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... agriculture underpins a vibrant agribusiness supply chain - up to 1.6 million jobs in retail, logistics and food and fibre manufacturing. Secondly, the reason exports to the EU are so low is the highly restrictive tariffs and quotas we face - as a result ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... inflation. "There were scattered reports of companies successfully passing through price increases to customers in manufacturing, information technology, transportation, and construction. Businesses generally anticipate further price increases in the ...