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Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone (real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the third quarter ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... comes around. Weak global growth (i.e., weak foreign demand) - coupled with a strong US dollar - is taking its toll on US exports (down 2% in August to its lowest level since October 2012 which, in turn, is pulling down industrial production (annual ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... manufacturers eased further in September to the weakest rate in the current five-month sequence of expansion. Meanwhile, new exports orders fell at the fastest rate in over two-and-a-half years, with a number of panellists suggesting lower trade volumes ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... investment and into domestic consumption. Yes, the very one every economist and his dog have been prescribing. Away from trade. Exports have been falling (in year-on-year terms) for seven straight month through to September. Away from investment. Fixed ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... sectors of the Australian economy that benefit from a weaker Australian dollar." Sectors such as tourism and education exports are already improving in Australia. But as sharper market moves are expected, Allen says it is important not to lose sight ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... reduced growth and less upward price pressure. Have a look at what the rise and rise of the US dollar have done to US exports - they haven't registered any positive year-on-year growth in each and every month of 2015 through to August - the first time ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... seventh and eight paragraphs - we're not meant to see it, it'll get in the way of today's good doomsday narrative. Chinese exports fell... but they went down by 3.7% over the year - much, much less than the expected 6.0% drop and better than August's ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... its peg to the US dollar. As the greenback climbs against other currencies, so too is the yuan - making "Made in China" exports less competitive, slowing down their economy. The flow of funds out of emerging markets is borne of this as the strengthening ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... and a steady rate of unemployment over the past year." "Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately, although exports and production have been affected by the slowdown in emerging economies. On the domestic demand side, business fixed investment ...