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Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... the year to December from 0.1% in the previous month. There's also the wealth effect from the rising stock market. The Nikkei-225 index has gained 19.1% in 2017 that followed a paltry 0.4% gain in 2016. Tokyo's equity market continued to rise this year ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... the west, he's embraced John Maynard Keynes' prescription, using government spending to "build, build, and build." The Nikkei Asian Review reports that, "At the core of Dutertenomics is an unprecedented plan to spend 8.4 trillion pesos on dozens of ambitious ...

Chief economist update: No stealth tapering, no exit strategy...yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... 0%; and, asset purchases at annual pace of about ¥80 trillion. With so much liquidity sloshing around the system, the Nikkei-225 index jumped 1.3% to close at its highest level - 24,124.15 points - in 26 years despite the yen's advance to a ¥110.41 ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... strengthen in anticipation of some withdrawal of stimulus from the BOJ. The stronger yen would precipitate a correction in the Nikkei-225 index, erode Japanese exporters' competitiveness, reducing export earnings and, more importantly, place renewed ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%); the All Ordinaries Index soared to its highest level in a decade (+1.0%); the Nikkei-225 to its best in more than a quarter of a century (+4.2%). While the Eurozone's major equity market benchmark - the Stoxx ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it's all right..." - The Beatles The rally that propelled the Nikkei-225 index to its highest level last week lingers. On 11 October, Japan's benchmark equity market index rose by a mere 0.28% but its ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... states" and "firms expect a significant improvement in business sentiment in Q3." Indications provided by the latest Markit/Nikkei PMI surveys suggest that these may be on the way. The Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index returned to expansion in ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... the manufacturing sector remains in expansion with "with average input costs and output prices both rising sharply". The Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI went up to 52.9 in September - the highest in four months - from 52.2 in August. This is consistent ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
"The Australian economy is evolving broadly as expected. The Bank's forecasts are little changed from those published in the May Statement on Monetary Policy. The economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of around 3% over the next couple of years ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... downward pressure on consumer prices and raises doubts over the RBI's economic growth forecast of 7.3% for 2017/18. The latest Nikkei India composite PMI output index fell sharply to 46 in July - contraction level - from 52.7 in the previous month. The ...