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RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... methinks even the Fed is uncertain on the precise timing of a lift-off. The lower-than-expected 0.2% annualised real GDP growth in the first quarter certainly argues against a sooner-rather-than-later lift off. More so because the US GDP report showed ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... nominal GDP forecast was realised for this fiscal year, and I don't think they'll make it, it will be the lowest nominal GDP growth in 50 years." Miller said there is not much help coming from other sectors and even consumer spending data was still a ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... overly optimistic: The WEO forecasts overestimated output and underestimated inflation. The WEO forecasts for real GDP growth for Africa and inflation for the Western Hemisphere demonstrate this bias most clearly." I'm in no way poo-poohing the IMF for ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Andy, if you live day to day. But look at it on a longer time frame - the index is up 17.1% this year to date (despite GDP growth now targeted at 7.0%). Go a bit longer - the index is up 86.2% from a year ago (I triple-checked this). A bit more - the ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... to a low of 5,763.3 points six trading days later - as the lower than expected 2.5% Australian fourth quarter real GDP growth and concerns over the upcoming 17-18 March Fed FOMC meeting added negative impetus to the domestic equity market's dashed rate ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Netherlands on 75. Accenture estimates that if Australia improved its performance by 10 points, it could lift annual GDP growth rates by 0.25% over the next five years, resulting in an estimated $34.5 billion of additional economic output (GDP) in the ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... economy, which was threatening to double dip just before Carney moved across the pond had steadily strengthened - real GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the June quarter of 2013 to 2.7% as at the December quarter of last year. The unemployment rate ...

Investment professionals depressed over future employment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... with 77% and 60% of respondents respectively expect their job prospects to increase. "Chinese respondents anticipate GDP growth of 6.2% and India 5.8%, figures which far exceed the anaemic 1.6% from Australians," Serhan said, and noted that in this context ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... providing less assistance in delivering balanced growth in the economy than it could." "The slightly weaker outlook for GDP growth in the near term implies that the unemployment rate is likely to rise a bit further and peak a bit later than earlier expected." ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... measures up. It was all up for the US labour market in January despite the fourth quarter's slower than expected 2.6% real GDP growth and concerns over reduced investment - including hiring -- in the US energy sector due to the drop in oil prices and ...