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Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... because latest available growth and inflation data show that the ECB is not starting from a position of strength. Real GDP growth slowed to 0.3% in the June quarter - when QE was in full swing and before the financial market ructions -- from 0.4% in ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... economies - they're not buying enough "Made in Australia". Exports subtracted the most - 0.7 percentage points - from GDP growth in second quarter. And while we're at it, we might as well blame the currency wars our neighbours are waging - they prevented ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... September or December) citing the strengthening economic momentum as evidenced by the just-re-estimated 3.7% annualised GDP growth numbers and solid jobs growth. Others point to financial market volatility, China and low inflation as evidence for a delay. ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... the stock market". Don't blame 'em given the host of problems currently plaguing Malaysia. The economy is slowing - GDP growth is down sharply from 6.5% in the June quarter of last year to 4.9% in the second quarter of 2015 -- at the same time that inflation ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... practices and gives a better picture of economic activity." So there. Under the old measurement method, annual Indian GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in March quarter from 6.8% in the previous one. And herein lies the rub, policy responses - monetary and fiscal ...

Investors to get less in coming years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... said. "The only bright spot in our economy is housing and that story is pretty mature now. Australia has to get used to GDP growth with a two in front of it rather than with a three in front of it." Platypus Asset Management founder and chief investment ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... anytime soon. He said in Australia, consumers were feeling very "unconfident". He pointed to a slowdown in income, GDP growth at 2.5% and income growth at practically zero or slightly negative, as well as wages growth being close to zero and the household ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... term," she says. A continent, not a country Investors need to think of China as "a continent, not a country," she notes. GDP growth between provinces varied as much as 9% in the first quarter. The country is expected to contribute 1.1% to global GDP ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Mary Amiti and Tyler Bodine-Smith argue that "a 10 percent appreciation in one quarter shaves 0.5 percentage point off GDP growth over one year and an additional 0.2 percentage point in the following year if the strength of the dollar persists". The ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... investments of USD 2 trillion will be needed to supply global energy demands through 2035. And based on projected global GDP growth to 2030, the OECD expects increases of two-to-four-fold for various measures of air and sea transport volumes. Other forecasts ...