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Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... industrial production -- in subsequent quarters. This becomes especially true following reports of continued growth in retail sales and new home sales in January. Yes the global economy is crumbling before our eyes. But somehow after having written this ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... have something for everybody. Glass half-full. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that retail sales leaped by 3.8 percent in December from the previous month -- the biggest jump since August 2000. Retail spending increased ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
Well there we have it ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday's Australian retail sales figures have swung the pendulum in favour of Kevin 07 and his fiscal stimulus package. The Federal Opposition has been making noises ever since the A$42 billion was first ...

Bonds no safer than houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... month. Inflation will continue to trend lower as the recession continues to bite. US consumers are not consuming - retail sales plummeted by 9.8 per cent in the year to December following an 8.2 per cent slump in November. Sales are down because consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... Ordinaries picked up 30.4 points, or 0.85 per cent, to 3624.3. NEW YORK - US stocks fell hard on Wednesday on dismal retail sales data and renewed concerns over the health of banks and other companies set to report quarterly results. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... threatened. Depressed US consumers are no longer able to afford retail therapy. Data out overnight showed that US retail sales plummeted by 2.7 per cent in December, more than double market expectations for a 1.2 per cent drop. This is the first time ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... adding that investors were awaiting the release of four key pieces of data from the US tonight. These include core retail sales, the producer purchase price index, retail sales and the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading. "There's ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.' According to the NBER, 'Most of the recessions identified by our procedures do consist of two or more quarters of declining ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... leading indicator of construction activity) declined by 38.4 per cent in the year to September - a 27-year low. US retail sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 1.2 per cent in September following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent fall in the previous ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... 6.5 per cent lower. Reports out of the US highlighting the economy's weakening condition sparked the sell-off. US retail sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 1.2 per cent in September following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent fall in the previous month. ...