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Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... hourly earnings rose by 2.8% in the year to October from 2.7% in the previous month (revised higher from 2.6%). This is the fastest gain in earnings in the current cycle. If these latest employment stats still don't give the Fed -- which consistently ...

Grant Samuel sells 80pct stake in GSFM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... growth and a sophisticated investor base." "This acquisition aligns CI with a proven competitor in one of the world's fastest-growing pension markets, and is a significant new platform for CI as it expands its presence in global markets." CI is a diversified ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... residential construction. The pound's depreciation continued to impact inflation with input prices rising at their second-fastest pace since July 2011 Japan consumer confidence After improving in August and September, Japanese consumer confidence has ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... best reading since January this year (52.3) and higher than the long-term average of 50.6. Increased production (at the fastest rate since December 2015) and new export orders (the fastest in nine months) contributed to the expansion in manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... current transfer receipts eased to 0.1% from 0.4%. US personal spending rebounded by 0.5% in the month of September - the fastest rate in three months - following a 0.1% dip in August. As for inflation, the headline PCE price index increased by 1.2% ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The US economy just recorded its fastest rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... in the previous one, taking the (not seasonally adjusted) quarterly growth rate in the terms of trade up to 4.5% -- the fastest pace since June 2011 -- from 2.4% in the June quarter. This should boost Australia's national income and is consistent with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... "Manufacturers indicated that cost pressures intensified in October," with input costs and selling prices rising at the fastest rate in two years. However, Markit noted that there was only a moderate rise in payroll numbers in October and that export ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... August and 6.0% in July, that overall took the three-month rate of increase up to 1.8% in the September quarter - the fastest pace since the December quarter of 2014 - from 1.1% in the June quarter.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... same period, up from 8.1% in August; Industrial production increased by 6.1% following August's 6.3% gain (that was the fastest pace in five months). This also came amid earlier reports of a 10.0% drop in exports in the year to September and a 1.9% fall ...