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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
US export and import prices The Fed's view that the negative impact of import prices on consumer price inflation would be easing appears to be in the money with the latest import price index showing continued improvement. Though less than the expected ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Australia consumer sentiment The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment improved to 102.4 in October, up by 1.1% from September's 101.4 reading. October's figure is the third straight month of improving sentiment after the index hit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Australia business confidence The latest NAB monthly business survey's business confidence index came in at +6 in September, unchanged from August and is consistent with its +6 long-term average. The business conditions index rose to +8 in September ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Germany trade balance Germany's trade surplus expanded by 2.6% to €20.0 billion in August - in line with market expectations - from July's €19.5 billion surplus as exports grew by much more than imports over the month, 5.4% versus 3.0%. Germany's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Australia trade balance Australia's trade deficit narrowed by 5.0% to A$2.01 billion in August from A$2.12 billion in July (revised from A$2.41 billion), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data show. This is better than market expectations for a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Australia retail sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Australia ANZ job ads The latest ANZ job ads survey shows that the total number of job advertisements fell by 0.3% in the month of September following the strong 1.7% jump in the previous month. The year-on-year growth in job ads slowed to 3.7% last ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures showed that the annual growth in private sector credit slowed from 6.0% in July to 5.8% in August - the slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
US GDP The final estimate of US real GDP showed the economy expanding at an annualised rate of 1.4% in the second quarter. This represents an upgrade from the second estimate's 1.1% growth and better than expectations for a 1.3% gain. While personal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
US durable goods orders The latest update on total new durable goods orders could easily be taken as a positive for, despite a flat (0% growth) outcome in August from July, this was better than market expectations for a 1.9% decline and could be attributed ...