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QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... appreciate by 5% against the Renminbi. Terms of trade would fall 10%, which, along with the RMB appreciation, would "kill your exports," Peter said. "The drop in profitability would hit public finances. Government revenue would go down by $10 billion ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... This would be partially explained by a first quarter GDP growth of 0.9% (quarter on quarter) that was driven by a lift in exports and inventories. He said household consumption and housing "look precariously supported in an environment of very low wages ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... expand at this rate in the first quarter when the G7 (and China) all slowed - and at a still relatively high exchange rate (exports was the biggest contributor, mind you) -- just think what it would do to the domestic economy if, for one, the Fed is ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
The slowdown in Chinese growth and its transition towards a consumer-focused economy have hurt Australia's terms of trade, but a renewed focus on infrastructure could boost the demand for Australian goods. Recent reports by HSBC and BlackRock highlighted ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... points to 2065.19. Official data on Monday showed Chinese imports slumped 17.6 per cent in May, a seventh straight fall. Exports dropped for the third successive month, slipping 2.5 per cent. The figures are the latest to suggest the Asian economic giant ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... slower than April's 54.1 dragged down by the slowest growth in new orders in 16 months which, in turn, were pulled down by exports due to the strong US dollar. Markit concludes: "While the economy still looks set to rebound from the decline seen in the ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... strike, certainly not. The strong US dollar, no, no, and no. It's a support to the others, particularly to Canada which exports 70.3% of its total goods and services to America. Perhaps, most countries need to "double seasonally adjust", ey? With China ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... And as I've typed many, many times, a strong currency is a 'de facto' interest rate hike. It slows the economy by making exports less competitive and imports cheaper and it also erodes earnings of offshore US companies when translated back into the greenback. ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... appreciation". "A number of participants suggested that the damping effects of the earlier appreciation of the dollar on net exports... might be larger and longer-lasting than previously anticipated." "...it was seen as likely to continue to be a factor ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education ...