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Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... Australian economy as it looks to be gradually happening in the US -- evidenced by the latest contraction in factory activity, exports and industrial production, among others - compounded by a strong US dollar. But unlike the US dollar, the A$ is weak/weakening... ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... at 2%. Much of the economic growth looks set to come from infrastructure spending, housing construction and a boost to exports from the weaker Australian dollar. He added that job growth is likely to be a little better than expectations as we saw in ...

China's green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... suggesting that the slowdown in its economy is not as slowing as fast. (Remember green shoots and second derivatives?) China's exports decline by a mere 1.4% in the year to December - a fantabulous improvement from November's 7.1% drop and consensus ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... its negative implication over the country's growth outlook - i.e, Beijing's off to fight the currency war to boost its exports and therefore, growth. Or it could be that it's given up the fight to stem currency weakness - foreign exchange reserves dropped ...

Nippon Life says MLC will bolster falling profits

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... concerns about the Chinese economy decelerating in the wake of the devaluation of the Chinese yuan and the resulting drop in exports." However, Nippon Life suggested that its investment in the Australian life insurance market, realised through the ongoing ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... little evidence that non-mining investment is picking up - then that leads growth to be driven by consumption and net exports."

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... growth rate up from 1.9% in June to 2.5% at the end of September. Thanks to the 1.5 percentage point contribution from net exports (exports minus imports) and household consumption's 0.4 pp add (up from 0.3 pp contribution in the second quarter). GDP ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... rate was at 0.6% in October (the 8th straight month of falling prices). This is hardly surprising for an economy where exports account for around half of gross national output. With the ECB more stimulus announcement just three weeks away, I wonder what ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... world. The weakness in the global economy is reflected in the downgrade in the third quarter next export estimate. Net exports' detraction from growth was revised from a negligible 0.03 percentage point to 0.22 percentage point. Yup, we've got the latest ...

Foreign investment into Australia doubles to $43.6bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... the Australian economy, but added that "there remains untapped potential due to the lack of growth in financial services exports, which have remained steady at 3.6% during the same five-year period." Fund inflows sourced from the Asian region accounted ...