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Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... the planet as we knew it last week and last month. The PMI surveys -- considered good leading indicators of economic activity - there'll be more of the same... more or less. And if it's less, you can count on your friendly central banker to do more. ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... were providing liquidity to the banking system. But until the banks turn that into credit, it doesn't generate economic activity. The only thing you really see when they create all this liquidity is that it causes the currency to weaken," Tinker said ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... view, it likely will not be appropriate to begin raising the federal funds rate until sometime in early 2016. Economic activity appears to be on a solid, sustainable growth path, which, on its own, would support a rate hike soon. However, the weak first-quarter ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... services growth accelerates in March - "Strongest rate of growth since August 2014" This positive momentum in UK economic activity and the jobs market should ease downward pressure on consumer prices... eventually. But until then, expect the BOE to continue ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... dressing; lofty valuations; strong US dollar/high US dollar; cheap oil prices/rebounding oil prices; weakening US economic activity/re-strengthening US economic activity and the latest... Germanwings and Saudi Arabia/Iran/Yemen, et farting cetera. But ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... export orders to 52.2 in March from 53.7 suggests that the yen's depreciation is providing lesser bang. Slowing economic activity would make the BOJ's 2% inflation target that much harder to achieve. Core inflation (excluding the sales tax effect) eased ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... contract was up 23 points at 5,843. In local economic news, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is expected on Wednesday. In equities news, IAG, Seven West Media, Primary Health Care, Toll Group, Ardent Leisure, Arrium ...

Australia fails to attract foreign investors: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... "Australia is not managing large amounts of foreign money, we do not receive the flow-on benefits from higher economic activity, employment and tax collection. "We are losing this business to Hong Kong, Singapore and others in our region." The FSC recommended ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... in itself). The common thread running through all these surprise central moves is, of course, weak/weakening economic activity and the rising threat of falling prices. The central banks are going to war - "currency war" - by cutting interest rates (or ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's paper on the "Oil Shock of 1978-79" concludes that: "Eventually, slowing economic activity in industrial countries and investments in additional energy production and energy conservation technologies helped to saturate ...