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Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... from the stock market and that general anxious feeling. The other positive is the positive 0.8 percentage point from net exports - plus 0.6 pp from exports and plus 0.2 pp for imports. This is an excellent feat for Australia's exporters considering that ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... saves it an annual $2.1 billion. The recent fall, if sustained, lowers its import bill by $60 billion, or 3%. Most of its exports are manufactured goods whose prices have not fallen. Unless weak demand changes that, its foreign currency will go further ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... minus 0.12 pp versus minus 0.57 pp - which fits well with increased consumer spending. While the contribution from net exports diminished from 1.32 pp in the initial estimate to 0.78, it's still a contribution and is no mean feat considering the US dollar's ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... billion to $2.9 billion. "With the right policy settings, Australia has an enormous capacity to increase financial services exports," Brogden said. UBS Global Asset Management Australia head Bryce Doherty said: "Australia has a real expertise in financial ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... country something). The details are still sketchy but according to "Business Spectator', "FTA to see 85% of all Australian exports enter China tariff-free, worth $18bn over a decade". "Finance, tourism and health" and "beef" and "dairy" would be the ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Ukraine incursion (reportedly heating up again) and most recently, the drop in crude oil prices (along with reduced crude exports) is giving the Russian economy grief. The ruble's decline should provide cushion. But it would also increase upward pressure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... billion in September, the Commerce Department reported. The US trade deficit widened in September to $US43.0 billion as exports slowed and imports remained flat from the previous month. LONDON - European markets fell sharply after the European Union ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... officials worried at a Sept. 16-17 policy meeting that disappointing growth in Europe, Japan and China could restrain U.S. exports, according to minutes of the meeting released by the Fed Wednesday with the regular three-week lag. Meantime, the stronger ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... dollar were to strengthen a lot, it would have consequences for growth... We would have poorer trade performance, less exports, more imports. And if the dollar were to appreciate a lot, it would tend to dampen inflation. So it would make it harder to ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... slowly getting a grip on sentiment when even better than expected Chinese trade data fails to lift market mood. Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by ...