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December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... rise. Odds of a rate hike > 50 per cent. And it went up further after the country's statistician reported yesterday that exports jumped by 5 per cent in September from the previous month, driven by strong shipments of coal and gold. No prizes for guessing ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... interest rate premium, the higher the Australian dollar. The higher the Australian dollar, the less competitive Australia's exports. Export earnings drop. Exporters lay-off workers. Ahhh...but have no fear. The Australian Federal Government predicts ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... the third quarter. Personal consumption (up 3.4 per cent). Check. Gross private investment (up 11.5 per cent). Check. Exports (up 14.7 per cent). Check. Government consumption and investment (up 2.3 per cent). Check. But wait! In every party, there must ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... around 80 per cent of Canada's output of goods and services while only a little more than five per cent of Australian exports are shipped to the US. Canadians are being crunched on both sides: Weaker US consumption and lower demand for imports due to ...

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... Contrary to complaints that China is 'beggaring its neighbours' by maintaining an undervalued currency and subsidising its exports, its latest national accounts show that external trade subtracted 3.6 percentage points off growth. China is buying more ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... these three nations that already make up 40 per cent of world population. Indonesia accounts for 13 per cent of world coal exports, behind Australia's 32 per cent. Palm oil is a vegetable oil that is a key ingredient in many food, cosmetic and bath products. ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... spending was actually up by 0.5 per cent - expectations were for a 0.2 per cent gain. You want more! There's more. China's exports fell by 15.2 per cent in the year to September - the smallest decline in almost a year and certainly better than market ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... reports show that the US trade deficit fell to US$30.71 billion in August from US$31.85 bil in the previous month, with exports growing for the fourth straight month. Positive yes. Still, exports account for only 10 per cent of the US economy. The 0.6 ...

Up, down and sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... exporters must be making these days, quickly followed by a groan when they read what this fiscal year has in store for them. Exports according to ABARE. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) forecast that total earnings ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on US imports. US imports decreased by 66 per cent between 1929 and 1933 and its exports plunged 61 per cent. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped ...