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Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... growth accelerated to 10.3% in the year to September from 10.1% in the previous month and annual growth in industrial production advanced by 6.6% in September - the fastest since June - from 6% in August but fixed asset investment slowed to 7.5% from ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... easing from the 8.3% expansion in the January-July 2017 period and it is lower than the expected 8.2% gain. Industrial production rose by 6% in the year to August versus 6.4% in the previous month and expectations for an increase of 6.6%. Retail sales ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... year to June - the fastest since December 2015 - from 10.7% in April and May. The year-on-year growth in industrial production quickened to 7.6% in June from 6.5% in the previous months, significantly higher than the expected 6.5% increase. Non-farm ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... resiliency of the UK economy is waning, with the impact of slow wage growth, rising inflation and a slump in industrial production and manufacturing being felt. "While consumer and business sentiment fell significantly, the "hard data" held up very well. ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... to the OECD: "The mood in the global economy has brightened during the last year. Confidence indicators, industrial production, headline measures of employment, and cross-border trade flows have improved in most economies." Moreover: "There are upside ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... in the coming months. With the faster growth in fixed asset investment and exports, the acceleration in industrial production comes as no surprise -- 7.6% in the year to March (the fastest rate since December 2014) versus 6.3% in the January-February ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... inflation (excluding food and energy) quickened to 2.2% over the past 12 months from 2.1% in November. US industrial production increased by a higher than expected 0.5% in the year to December following a 0.7% decline in the previous month. This is the ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... continues the latest string of improving growth stats in the region that include stronger than expected industrial production and increasing expansion in the surveys of purchasing managers (PMI). The European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). ...

The UK's still OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... their respective outputs contract by 1.1% and 1.0% in October. The actual data surprised on the upside: industrial production jumped by 2.1% in the month of November for a year-on-year gain of 2.0% (from -0.9% in October); manufacturing output increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... fastest growth rate since December 2015's 11.0% growth rate - driven by increased sales in all categories. Industrial production increased by 6.2% in the year to November, up from 6.1% in October, better than expectations for a 6.0% rise and is the fastest ...