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PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
PIMCO has hired a senior vice president and credit research analyst covering real estate. Frank Chen is based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Australia consumer confidence Conducted from 4 July to 7 July - after 'Brexit' and amidst the then still inconclusive Australian Federal elections - it's not surprising that Australian consumer sentiment declined in July, what was surprising was that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... to trade tensions. China is the Philippines' third biggest export market (accounting for 12% of total exports) next to Japan (21%) and the US (15%). Latest data showed Philippine exports dropped by 3.8% in the year to May following a 4.1% contraction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Australia housing finance The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling finance commitments increased by 1.0% in the month of May as a 3.9% jump in "investment housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
Australia private sector credit The latest update on Australia's private sector credit provides a first look at the impact of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% on the 3rd of May. Total private sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
US flash manufacturing PMI The Markit flash US Manufacturing PMI shows factory activity improved to its highest in three months. The PMI rose to a preliminary reading of 51.4 in June from 50.7 in the previous month - better than expectations for a slight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Japan external trade Latest trade data out of Japan conflicts with the BOJ's outlook - noted at its policy meeting last week - for "moderate expanding trend" in the economy. Japan registered a ¥40.72 billion deficit in May. While this is an improvement ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... available data show core PCE inflation was at 1.6% in the year to April with the headline PCE at 1.1%. BOJ on hold The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced no change in policy - interest rate at minus 0.1% and target expansion of monetary base at ¥80 trillion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
US retail sales A solid and faster than expected increase in US retail spending in May suggests that, perhaps, the Fed was correct in dismissing the highly disappointing May non-farm payrolls report as just "noise". Overall retail sales expanded for ...