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Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... gain. The year-on-year comparison is much more impressive. Personal spending jumped by 4.5% in the year to December the fastest rate since November 2014. This is despite the modest growth in personal income - up a less than expected 0.3% in the month ...

Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... highest level since March 2014, boosted by strong expansions in output and new orders - new export orders rose at their fastest pace in over a year - gains in employment and the newly-launched "business expectations index" hitting a 44-month high. Inflation ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... following a 0.1% decrease in the previous month. This much sharper than market expectations for a 0.1% dip and is the fastest monthly decline since April 2012. Core retail sales - excluding fuels - displayed the same pattern, dropping by 2.0% in December ...

Brexit where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... wages growth. Average weekly earnings (including bonuses) growth accelerated to 2.8% in the three months to November - the fastest since September 2015 -- from 2.6% in the previous period. Excluding bonuses, wages grew by 2.7% from 2.6%.

Credit where credit is not due

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... of 12.1% in the previous month. Total outstanding yuan loan growth accelerated to 13.5% in the year to December - the fastest since June 2016's 14.3% -- from 13.1% in the previous month. China needs to find a balance between curbing excessive credit ...

Tax breaks drive China car sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Manufacturers (CAAM) showed total car sales increased by 9.5% in the month of December and by 13.7% for the full-year 2016 - the fastest since 2013. Car sales in China have been rising since the introduction of the tax break in October 2015. But with ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... increased from 3.3% to 5.5% in the year to December. This is higher than market expectations for a 4.5% rise and is the fastest rate of year-on-year increase in producer prices since September 2011. The below-target CPI inflation update allows the PBOC ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... November from the previous month's 1.4% annual rate. This is higher than market expectations for a pick-up to 1.6% and the fastest pace of consumer price rises since May's 2.0% rate. However, it remains below Bank Negara Malaysia's 2.5%-3.5% target for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... by 1.5% in the week ended 17 December over the same week in the previous year. The latest growth figure is the second fastest year-on-year growth rate since the week ended 9 January this year and represented the The acceleration in the index indicates ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... in the financial advice market. He said: "Centrepoint will seek to strengthen and increase its position as one of the fastest-growing and most respected wealth advice companies in Australia. Some of the funds [from the sale] will be deployed to accelerate ...