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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.8 percent after declining by 4.0% in the previous month. Core (non-defense) capital goods orders excluding aircrafts - an indicator of business investment - rose by 1.6% in July following a 0.5% increase in June. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
... decline and reversing nearly all of April's 1.4% gain on the back of contractions in the production of energy (-4.3%), capital goods (-2.3%), durable goods (-1.4%), intermediate goods (-0.4%) and non-durable consumer goods (0.1%). The annual rate of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... better than market expectations for a 1.4% rise and the fastest rate of increase since January 2016's 3.5% surge. Capital goods production rose by 3.8% in the year to April while intermediate and durable consumer goods both increased by 1.5%. Energy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... transportation, new orders were up a paltry 0.4% in April and down 1.4% from the same month last year. Likewise, core capital goods orders dropped by 0.8% in April - the third straight monthly fall and decline number five out of the last six months. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... production (up 2.0% over the month), output in major categories dropped in March: non-durable consumer goods (-1.9%); capital goods (-1.1%); intermediate goods (-0.8%); durable consumer goods (-0.4%). In year-on-year terms, euro industrial production ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... transportation fell by 1.4% in the year to March for its 14th straight month of year-on-year decline. Core orders (nondefense capital goods) - a leading indicator of business investment also marked its 14th consecutive month of year-on-year fall, recording ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Output of non-durable consumer goods fell by 1.8% in February, energy by 1.2%, durable consumer goods by 0.4% and capital goods by 0.3%. Year-on-year, industrial production growth eased to 0.8% from 2.9% in January but stronger than December's 0.1% d ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... increase in the previous month. Durable goods order fell by 3.0% while non-durable orders declined by 0.4%. Core capital goods orders - a leading indicator of business investment - decreased by 2.5% over the month. Not a good outcome for first quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... by 26.6% and 0.9%, respectively. Imports increased by 2.2% in the year to February led by increased purchases of capital goods (5.6%), non-oil products (4.8%) and intermediate goods (2.5%). South Korea consumer confidence Consumer confidence among South ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... surprise. Total new orders contracted by 3.0% in the year to September; orders ex-transport decreased by 5.3% and core capital goods orders were down 7.3% over the same period. With US factories reducing their orders for durable goods, it's not stretch ...

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