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Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... As long as the A$ remains strong and our trading partners weak, my money remains on no rate hike this year. After all exports accounts for around 20 per cent of our economy. Note that the weak currency also helped shield Australia from the full impact ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... For sure, many will benefit from US dollar weakness. Commodity producers are rejoicing because the price of their main exports - oil, precious metals, base metals - rises as the value of the US dollar falls. Notable beneficiaries are Australia, South ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... positive lead from Wall Street due to the weaker dollar, which hit below 94 yen, raising concern about the outlook for exports. Toyota lost 2.9 per cent, while Honda shed 4.1 per cent. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index dropped 145.21 points, or 1.4 per ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... production showed positive growth for the first time since October last year. The trade deficit widened in June - but exports grew by 2 per cent (rising global demand) and imports increased by 2.3 per cent (rising domestic demand). Retail sales dipped ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... like good news was spun into bad. The US trade deficit narrowed to US$26 billion in May from US$28.8 billion in April as exports grew and imports fell. Under the "it was the season of Light'" view, this would be taken as a big plus for it indicates that ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... prematurely ended because of the financial crisis. Forget that. Instead Lin flew to the Pearl River Delta region, the hub for US exports, to see for herself what the supply-demand is going to be. Combine that with her analysis of the Chinese government's ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... may have recently lifted their economic outlook for the economy, but Japan's economic situation remains dire. Japanese exports remain depressed - hampered by weak growth in global activity and a rising yen. Neither could Japan count on domestic demand ...

Aberdeen cools on China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... falling; iron ore imports are increasing but steel production remains static; industrial output is said to be rising as exports fall; there is just too much data that doesn't tally," he said. "This is in addition to our concerns regarding the rate of ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... is not mortgaging the future, it is investing for the future. And for those picking on the huge contribution from net exports, isn't this what Australians want? That we buy less from overseas to keep jobs at home? Household consumption rose by 0.6 per ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... that it would go on a long-term Treasury shopping spree. While this is good for the US economy because it would make its exports more competitive, it is the world that needs the US to come and purchase their produce. Print a lot of dollars and they will ...