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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and January this year, the total private credit growth had been on a downward trend since it recorded a 6.7% pace back in October last year. Credit to housing increased by 6.5% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... previous month's growth rate) and loans to non-financial corporations grew by 1.9% (same as July's rate), while credit growth to governments slowed to 10.9% from 12.2%. Thailand trade balance Thailand recorded its 16th month of positive trade balance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... straight month that the annual rate of growth in total credit had been slowing since April's 6.6% rate. Business credit growth slowed to 6.1% in the year to July - the slowest since August last year - from 6.5% in June. Housing credit growth decelerated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... sector increased by 0.4% in the month of May, down slightly from April's 0.5% gain. In year-on-year terms, total credit growth remains decent - up 6.7% in the year to May after growth of 6.9% in April - the fastest annual rate post-GFC. Total credit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... March. Growth in credit to businesses quickened in April, rising by 0.8% over the month from 0.3% in March. Housing credit growth slowed to 0.4% from 0.5% in the previous month while personal credit declined by 0.1% in April, slower than the 0.3% fall ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... and survey data out of this land girt by sea this week, the picture they paint is to the contrary. Private sector credit growth accelerated to an annual rate of 6.3% in August - the fastest in 78 months - from 6.1% in the previous month. The details ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... observation echoed by Bloomberg, "...exports have fallen for seven straight months, factory output's slowing and credit growth has failed to accelerate." At this point, there's still confusion about the Indian economy's true performance - another good ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... equities a year ago." The fund manager feared "the Chinese property bubble collapsing, a number of risks around the credit growth that's accelerating very fast and GDP growth being insufficient." However the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, set up in ...

Aussie banks overpriced, undercapitalised: Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... at all-time lows, and certain metropolitan property markets seem to be entering bubble territory." He said that credit growth, a major driver of revenue for any bank, has been fuelled by increasing levels of household debt over the past 20 years. "Mortgages ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... the big banks and the major miners. The lack of consumer confidence in the general economy, which could constrain credit growth and property prices, was adding to the lack of enthusiasm for the banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed 54 points ...