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Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... (IMF) have lifted their China economic growth projections in their June 2017 reports. The OECD raised its GDP growth forecast to 6.6% this year (from 6.4% predicted in November 2016) and 6.4% in 2018 (from 6.1%). The IMF's June report saw China's GDP ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
The US Federal Reserve took another step towards policy normalisation at its June FOMC meeting - announcing another 25 basis point lift in the fed funds rate from one to 1.25% (the second this year) while at the same time giving notice that it would ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... sector's slowed. Meanwhile, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced that it has narrowed the GDP growth forecast for 2016 to 1.0% to 2.0% from the 1.0% to 3.0% it predicted earlier, citing downside risks that include: Brexit uncertainties ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... the 9th of June. However, the government remains gloomy on the country's outlook. It recently cut its 2016 GDP growth forecast to 2.8% from 3.1% (projected in December) and expects inflation of 1.1%, down from December's estimate of 1.6%. In light of ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Like the energizer bunny, China keeps on going and going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... confidence falling back." Not us. The UK economy is still growing nicely, thank you very much. The BOE left its GDP growth forecast at 3.5% this year and tempered it a bit to 2.9% in 2015 (from 3.0% predicted in the August Quarterly Inflation Report) ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... telling me that Australia was, and still is, in recession nearly four years ago now. Morgan Stanley lowered its GDP growth forecast to 3.2% (from 3.4%) this year -- not a big problem this side of the New Year. It is at the other side though that's the ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
It's Fed day today and I couldn't decide whether to begin this space with Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay" or Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same". Yes, yes, yes... both of 'em show how ancient me is but... both of 'em are also apropos to what the ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... (Yolanda's international name) is predicted to slice around a half percentage point to this year's 7.3%-7.5% GDP growth forecast. While this doesn't sound much, it matters a lot for every Filipino man, woman and child who needs every point percentage ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...