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Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... markets leading up to the 21st of September. But scrooge was nowhere to be seen - exclaiming bah! humbug! - when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) turned up on the 21st of September bearing gifts. The Nikkei-225 index jumped nearly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... housing market index to 65 in September (from 59 in August) that was reported a day earlier points to a near-term improvement. Japan trade balance While the world awaits the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy decision, freshly-released trade data ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... confidence indicator for the European Union (EU) as a whole dipped by 0.1 point to minus 7.8 in August from minus 7.7 in July. Japan leading economic indicator A little bit of sunshine in Japan. The final estimate of the country's leading index increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... second half due to Brexit and the ongoing corporate restructuring." South Korea is Australia's fourth largest export market. Japan industrial production South Korea's sombre mood (despite improving stats) contrasts with that of Japan's (sill expecting ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

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  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... the business outlook in the service sector sank to its lowest since July 2015". (Markit Economics). Markit/Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI Policy accommodation delayed is policy accommodation denied and perhaps, more ineffective than an impotent ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... the UK(-1.9%), Germany(-1.7%) and France(-2.9%) ended down. Investors also received the "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... emphasised that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act" comes a positive surprise from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in the form of negative interest rates. Move over QE and QQE (you too, Operation Twist), we have a new policy measure ...