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Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... However, the ECB does not expect the euro's appreciation to have an impact on growth, at least for this year. It lifted its 2017 GDP growth projections to 2.2% this year (from 1.9% in June). The ECB raised its GDP forecast for 2017 to 2.2%, the fastest ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... investor understanding of the region than the broader emerging markets universe. However, with 224 million people, a PPP-adjusted GDP growth rate of 5.1% over the past 15 years and a 50% share of all Latin American trade, both private and public markets ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... recent softness in inflation but judges this to be temporary." At the time, it was looking at first quarter data showing that GDP growth accelerated to 0.9% (2.3% year-on-year) from 0.7% (2%) in the December quarter. Headline inflation was decelerating ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... economy but these are not its mandate. Speaking of economic growth over Lowe's first year in office, quarterly Australian GDP growth went from a low 0.4% contraction in the September quarter of 2016 to a high 1.1% surge in the December quarter of the ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... the Nasdaq has reached a fresh record high, producing a 19.5% gain this year to date. To be sure, the second estimate of US GDP showed the economy grew by a stronger 3% (annualised) in the June quarter, faster than the preliminary estimate of 2.7%. The ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... underscores the market's faith in the single currency area's domestic growth outlook. There are very few reasons not to be. Eurozone GDP growth has accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the second quarter from 1.9% in the first quarter. This is the fastest ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... achievable only at the cost of higher unemployment and, in all likelihood, even weaker income growth". Not to mention on overall GDP growth - which in the latest 'Quarterly Inflation Report' (QIR) the BOE revised lower to 1.7% (from 1.9% in the May QIR) ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... (MPC) meeting. Financial markets widely expected the decision given India's deteriorating growth and inflation fundamentals. GDP slowed sharply to 6.1% in the year to the first quarter of this year from 7% in the December 2016 quarter while headline ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... revenues that are 1.2% above expectations, better than the 0.5% average positive surprise rate." Not only this, the latest GDP update confirmed Yellen's words that the first quarter weakness was transitory with growth in the economy accelerating to an ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... good outlook for consumer demand. Not a good one for the economy overall as household spending accounts for over 65% of UK GDP. Reducing policy accommodation soon risks a further slowdown in consumer spending (and rising household debt). Likewise, higher ...