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The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... more than US$145 a barrel only three months ago, indicating the sharp contraction in activity. News that China's real GDP growth slowed to 9 per cent in the third quarter from 10.1 per cent in the previous three-month period is also not encouraging. ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... leave rates unchanged. Australia: A wave of economic indicators is scheduled for release this week. Australian real GDP growth, company profits, building approvals, current account and the trade balance are some of the key reports due out. Financial ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... for 2007/08. The strength in capital investment should provide a positive contribution to second quarter Australian GDP growth. With mining, and now even consumer-related industries increasing their investment spending, speculation that the Australian ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... increasing job losses and tighter lending standards. Expect housing to contribute negatively to US third quarter real GDP growth. On inflation, the US producer price index (PPI) increased by 1.2 percent in July with the core rate up by 0.7 percent. This ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... infrastructure opportunities. "There's a staggering amount to be invested in [infrastructure of] emerging markets to satisfy GDP growth. One of the reasons for getting into emerging markets now is so that you're in the market before they do emerge and ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... to 48. With these indices below the 50 expansion/contraction level, there is risk that the June quarter's negative GDP growth in the Eurozone will be followed by another weak quarter - pulling the Eurozone economy into a technical recession. In the UK ...

SmartStream on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... see Asia as a place to invest talent. We see it as the biggest potential market for the next five to ten years. "Take GDP growth for example - China is just below 10 per cent, Singapore and Australia at five to six per cent. Compare that to the US which ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... stimulus from the tax rebates fades. There was no good news in the world's second biggest economy either. Japan's real GDP growth fell by 0.6 percent in the June quarter for an annualised 2.4 percent decline. This represents a sharp drop from the 4 percent ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... bullish on the economy - has warned that Japan could tip over into a technical recession. In year-on-year terms, real GDP growth is expected to slow to 2.3 percent from a strong 4 percent rise in the first quarter. Japanese industrial production and ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... rise by 0.2 percent following growth of 0.3 percent in the first quarter. The annualized rate is expected to show real GDP growth slowing to 1.6 percent in the June quarter from the previous rise of 2.3 percent.