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Chief economist update: Not as good as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... jump in private investment in the March quarter that followed a 4.7% increase in the previous three-month period and inventories which added to 0.43 percentage points in the first quarter, partially reversing the 0.53 pps subtraction in the December ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... exploring new investment in factories and equipment". What caused the US economy to slow in the last quarter of 2017 were inventories that subtracted 0.67 pps (compared with a 0.79 in the previous period) and net exports (-1.13 pps from +0.36). The drop ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... components all provided or no contributions to third quarter GDP growth. While net exports (0.5 percentage points) and inventories (0.2 pps) provided positive contributions to growth, they too offer not so good tidings. This is because the build-up in ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... consumer expectations index to 103.3 from the five-month low reading of 99.6. This suggests that the increase in business inventories (also released overnight) is of the "wanted" kind - i.e. businesses are deliberately building up stocks in anticipation ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... (59.5 from 57.5) - the US dollar's recent weakness should give this added strength going forward; and contracting inventories (down to 49.0 from 51.5) - suggesting increased production as stocks are replenished. The ISM report, again, highlighted the ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... biggest subtraction from growth (0.7 percentage points). Also telegraphed ahead of the National Accounts' release, inventories added most to first quarter GDP growth - adding 0.4 percentage points. While household consumption added 0.3 percentage points ...

Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... March quarter from 26.4% in the December 2016 quarter. Another good news in the report is the sharp 1.2% increase in inventories in the first quarter of this year - one that should provide a positive contribution to GDP growth. However, there's also ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... November from -7 in October) and sales (11 from 1). Capital outlays eased 3 points but to a still robust 24 reading and inventories were flat at -4. China economic activity The latest updates on China's major economic indicators show that fears of a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... percentage point contribution in the preliminary estimate), net exports contributing less (0.3 pp from 0.5 pp) and inventories subtracting more (-0.3 pp from -0.1pp).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... UK's (2.3%). The details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report show only household consumption and inventories provided positive contributions to growth - 0.3 percentage points and 0.1, respectively - to growth in the September quarter. ...