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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Last night's revision to first quarter US National Accounts provided some good news to financial markets. US real GDP growth in the first quarter was upwardly revised to 5.3 per cent - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 -- from the initial ...

Daily economic update

A sharp increase in durable goods orders in March affirms expectations of a strong first quarter US GDP growth. US durable goods orders rose by 6.1 per cent in March - the biggest increase in 10 months - following a 3.4 per cent rise in the previous ...

Daily economic update

... by 0.1 per cent. This suggests that residential construction will make a positive contribution to US first quarter GDP growth. However, slowing sales (see above) and rising home inventories could temper its contribution in the succeeding quarters. Meanwhile ...

"Riskless view of the world" driving emerging markets

... world, investors also perceive the major emerging countries to have a greater capacity to pay back debt due to high GDP growth relative to debt levels and lower interest payments on debt," he said. Van Eyk said that some commentators cautioned that emerging ...

A year of growth and developing opportunities: Franklin Templeton

Global growth will pull back slightly in 2006 and developing economies will pick up the slack as consumption and GDP growth eases in developed countries, according to Franklin Templeton. At their briefing, Franklin Templeton were certainly not shy of ...

Daily economic update

... expectations that stronger foreign demand would feed through to the domestic economy. The Bundesbank forecasts real GDP growth to quicken to around 1.4 per cent this year from about 1 per cent in 2005, helped by domestic demand.

Daily Economic Update

... spending. Increased confidence and stronger exports prompted the Ifo Economic Research Institute to raise its German GDP growth forecast for next year from 1.2 per cent to 1.7 per cent. The increased forecast adds to signs that growth in Europe has recovered ...

Business investments overtakes consumer spending

... by A$665m (or 6 per cent) over the quarter and is expected to subtract around 0.3 per cent to third quarter in real GDP growth. Likewise, the Australian Industry Group (AIG)/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) performance of manufacturing index (PMI) fell to ...

Daily Economic Update

... the previous month. Sales declined in all regions. Housing is important to as it has been a large contributor to US GDP growth and rising prices has provided a large impetus to consumer spending. Economists expect US housing affordability to continue ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... release this week. Overseas, the US will again be the financial markets' focal point of interest. US third quarter GDP growth numbers, consumer confidence, durable goods orders and new home sales will all be updated during the week. US November non-farm ...