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Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... lucky the Spanish news came when it did. It was able to drown the bad news out of America - US second quarter real GDP growth was revised lower to an annualised rate of 1.3% from the previous estimate of 1.7% and durable goods orders (a leading indicator ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... corresponding 40.6% dive in the country's current account surplus. The downward revision in Japan's second quarter real GDP growth to an annualised rate of 0.7% -- half the 1.4% rate in the original estimate - only hammers in the country's dour situation. ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... of further Chinese stimulus (which arguably did more than all the endogenous stimuli post GFC), it's hard to see how GDP growth can return to the mean trend of pre-GFC years." Yes, very convincing indeed... at the time. Until the March quarter GDP stats ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... industrial production and the index of leading economic indicators have shown improvement. And just last night, US real GDP growth was revised higher to an annualised rate of 1.7% in the June quarter from the initial estimate of 1.5%. Not much to write ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... indications show that the festering problems in the region are impacting activity in the two biggest countries - German real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.5%, France showed no growth in both quarters - the latest reading are in ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... late 2008. The data are quite consistent with Chinese growth in industrial output of something like 10 per cent, and GDP growth in the 7 to 8 per cent range." "Moreover, the Chinese authorities have been taking well-calibrated steps in the direction ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... year to June versus expectations for a gain of 9.9%. But not only that, the rationale of a hard landing or slowing GDP growth premised on a substantial drop in imports is stupid. This is because the component that feeds into GDP is net exports - or exports ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... 4.8% appreciation this year. Despite weak US growth, a slowdown in China and troubles in Europe, the Philippines' real GDP growth quickened to just over 6.0% in the year to the first quarter from 4.5% in the previous three-month period. This is because ...

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... or speculators taking their profits ahead of a big decision in Europe. The third revision of first quarter US real GDP growth was released. No, not that it was unchanged at 1.9%. That couldn't be a rationale for last night's dip. The Supreme Court upheld ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... still an attractive investment destination for investors; it is highly transparent, it has legal certainty, and a 4.3% GDP growth," he said. TTC said the speakers were brought together to discuss the reason behind the rising trend of Canadian investment ...