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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... meeting showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. While early gains were pared after China said imports and exports fell sharply in March, Hong Kong and Shanghai were lifted on Thursday by hopes of new government stimulus and news of a plan ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... do? Errr, forget rebalancing towards consumption for awhile and get back to what worked before, that's what. Go back to exports... An exchange rate depreciation is, after all, a de factor loosening of monetary policy and it would help lift China's export ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... recent macro releases. Better-than-expected US retail sales and weekly jobless claims; improved German trade with both exports and imports growing at their fastest pace in nearly two years in January; better-than-expected growth in Spanish retail sales ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... strong finish last week, setting three record highs. Investors have been worried this week about a sharp drop in China's exports in February reported over the weekend, which raised concerns that the world's second-largest economy is slowing. Since China ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... potential for mounting risks in Ukraine." Recent data from China show an unexpected trade deficit, due to a big fall in exports. February's $US23.0 billion ($A25.52 billion) deficit was a shock after analysts had forecast an $US11.9 billion surplus. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... negative factors just weighing on sentiment to open up the week," he said. "We had the China data showing a sharp drop in exports, we have the Ukraine situation starting to flare up again, with Russia continuing to increase its presence with more troops ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Ayy-yay-yay-yay-yay! Here we go again. Weak economic reports out of China have again put a question mark about its economy and by extension, the economy of the world. Oh sowee Virginia, I stand corrected... it wasn't a question mark, China's headed ...

Market wrap open

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... negative factors just weighing on sentiment to open up the week," he said. "We had the China data showing a sharp drop in exports, we have the Ukraine situation starting to flare up again, with Russia continuing to increase its presence with more troops ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... modest. But... but there's still uncertainty on business investment - the non-mining sector in particular. But... but exports mainly accounted for the bounce in growth in the December quarter... not much else. Let's playback Lloyd Blankfein's -- chairman ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... 2013. Asia bagged! And before this, 'The Economist' magazine published on 21 September 2013 that, "Twenty years ago its exports to China were negligible. Today China is Africa's biggest trading partner". And before this, Aljazeera printed on 21 December ...