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Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... Fed's caveat, that of data dependence. And we got one big one last night, an upward revision in US third quarter real GDP growth from the initial estimate of 1.5% (annualised rate) to 2.1%. The headline number says... go ahead Janet make our day!...the ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... there on this meeting. Because... "In the forecast prepared for the meeting, the staff left its projection for real GDP growth in the second half of 2008 little changed from the previous meeting, but it marked down its forecast for 2009 slightly. "The ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... 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 from 0.4% in the second) and Japan (forecast to fall into another recession when its third ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... economy: "In Australia, the available information suggests that moderate expansion in the economy continues. While GDP growth has been somewhat below longer-term averages for some time, business surveys suggest a gradual improvement in conditions over ...

Pick a number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... cash rate) pi = 2.1% (latest trimmed mean inflation measure) pi* = 2.5% (RBA inflation target) y = 2.0% (latest annual GDP growth rate) y* = 3.5% (potential GDP growth rate) Substituting these numbers in the equation gives us an equilibrium i of 2.05% ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... growing at double-digit rates, dropped to around US$65 a tonne in the midst of the global financial crisis -- China's GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in the March quarter of 2009 -- with the subsequent rebound to double/high digit growth sparking a concomitant ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... refrain from Simon & Garfunkel's hit song 'El Condor Pasa',"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would". The latest US GDP growth numbers add to the list of "couldn't". Real GDP grew at annual rate of 1.5% in the third quarter from 3.9% in the second ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... same time taking the scissors to many others, including 0.2pp markdowns each (from its July projections) in Japan's GDP growth forecasts to 0.6% and 1.0% in 2015 and 2016, respectively. A nice seque into China's continued point scoring against Japan. ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... 1994 the Fed increased the cash rate from 3% to 6% through seven hikes over the course of 18 months. During that time, GDP growth accelerated and the Fed was forced to increase the size of its hikes from 25 basis points initially to 75 basis points. ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... longer-run objective of 2 percent over 2016 and 2017. "The staff viewed the uncertainty around its July projections for real GDP growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation as similar to the average of the past 20 years. The risks to the forecast for ...