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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... that 'Brexit" uncertainty is weighing down investment with the BOE even warning of risks to the economy - short term recession - if Britons vote to exit from the European Union on 23 June.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... since July 2014. Japan GDP Preliminary estimates show the Japanese economy once more dodged falling into a technical recession with real GDP expanding by 0.4% in the first quarter of this year, completely reversing the December 2015 quarter's 0.4% contraction ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... momentum and growth. He said most factor returns tend to be earned in a period of contraction. "If you're heading to a recession or are in a recession that's when most factors tend to outperform," Hunstad said.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... decreased by 9.6% in the year to April following a 13.2% drop in the previous month. Taiwan's economy's currently in recession with real GDP contracting over the past three quarters: September quarter 2015 (-0.8 YOY), December quarter 2015 (-0.5%), March ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... residential property and bank stocks have risen, so too has the risk that they will face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are very high on a lot of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... a year ago: Japan (down 26.1%); China (down 12.1%); US (down 4.5%); Europe (down 1.1%). Taiwan has just come out of recession with GDP growing by 0.5% in the fourth quarter after contracting in the June and September quarters. The continued slump in ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... reality - and we want to fix that." "Global growth has downshifted, and the market is increasingly fearful of a global recession, but it is Western Asset Management's position that this will not happen," Buchanan said. "US growth is likely to remain ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... work together. Unfortunately we haven't had this for many years. We need to lose the perception that we can't have a recession and realise that for an economy to rebalance, growth may have to suffer," he added. Davison cautioned that the development ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... questioning the central banks' "ammunition" to fight another economic downturn. There are now growing speculation that a recession is imminent. While many recent indicators appear to have slowed, they are still above levels that portend a recession. ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... economy. He said Australia has been experiencing the most significant period of under-performance of growth since the 1990s recession. "While Australia has typically been seen as a high-beta economy - meaning that when the world moderately improves Australia ...