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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... from earlier predictions of 1.0% to 2.0%) this year and 1.0% - 3.0% in 2017. Hong Kong trade balance Hong Kong's trade deficit narrowed by 6.3% to HK$37.2 billion in October from the previous month but was 25.5% higher than the HK$29.7 billion recorded ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit narrowed by 5.0% to A$2.01 billion in August from A$2.12 billion in July (revised from A$2.41 billion), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show. This is better than market expectations for a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... announce further easing in policy settings today - the only question is in what size, shape and form. Japan posted a trade deficit of ¥18.7 billion in August, down from a surplus of ¥513.5 billion in July. Although this is smaller than the ¥567.5 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... exports declined by 7.3%. UK trade balance The surprisingly positive run of data after Brexit continues. The UK trade deficit narrowed by £1.1 billion to £4.5 billion in July from a £5.6 billion deficit in June. The sharp depreciation in the British ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... further small improvement in their business situation." (econotimes.com) Philippine trade balance The Philippines' trade deficit widened to US$2.1 billion in June from US$0.57 billion in the same month last year as export shipments dropped by 11.4% over ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June and trade deficit widened in June. This disconnect makes it hardly surprising for DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach to warn, "Sell everything!" ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... continued weak global growth, would erode US export competitiveness - and it appears it already has with the US trade deficit rising significantly to US$41.1 billion in May from US$37.4 billion in April - as well as putting downward pressure on US inflation. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... reading for new orders (59.9) with new export orders up to 53.0 in June and employment advancing to a 52.7 reading. US trade deficit The US' trade gap widened to US$41.1 billion in May from the previous month's shortfall of US$37.4 billion. This is worse ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... Supermarket and grocery stores (-0.2%), Liquor retailing (-1.4%) and Other specialised food retailing (-1.1%). Australia trade deficit Australia's trade balance remains in the red but the A$1.58 billion deficit recorded in April represents a substantial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... UK trade balance The cheaper pound had certainly helped the improvement in the UK's trade accounts. The country's trade deficit narrowed to £3.83 billion in March from £4.30 billion in the previous month and £5.14 billion in January as exports increased ...