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Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Australian equity market's reaction to the better-than-expected - heaps better - 1.1% quarterly expansion in March quarter real GDP is beginning to plant the seed of doubt in my psyche. Doubt that perhaps my next-door neighbour (and lately, my sister-in-law) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... refinancing operations (TLTRO II) on the 22nd of this month. The June 2016 Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections show real GDP will grow by 1.6% (up from 1.4% forecast in March) in 2016, 1.7% in 2017 (unchanged from March) and 1.7% in 2018 (down ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Australia GDP Australia's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter of 2016. Real GDP expanded by 1.1% in the March quarter - up from the 0.7% increase recorded in the fourth quarter 2015 and significantly higher than market expectations for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... 2014. Japan GDP Preliminary estimates show the Japanese economy once more dodged falling into a technical recession with real GDP expanding by 0.4% in the first quarter of this year, completely reversing the December 2015 quarter's 0.4% contraction and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... 9.6% in the year to April following a 13.2% drop in the previous month. Taiwan's economy's currently in recession with real GDP contracting over the past three quarters: September quarter 2015 (-0.8 YOY), December quarter 2015 (-0.5%), March quarter ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... the coming years than they have been historically. Under its own modelling, Standard Life Investments believes global real GDP growth of 1% combined with 1% inflation and sub-1% interest rates would translate to an annualised equity market return of ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... estimate of US first quarter GDP confirmed the slowing momentum earlier indicated by earlier stats on economic activity. US real GDP growth slowed to a an annualised rate of 0.5% in the March quarter - expectations were for a 0.7% print and the weakest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... estimate of US first quarter GDP confirmed the slowing momentum earlier indicated by earlier stats on economic activity. US real GDP growth slowed to a an annualised rate of 0.5% in the March quarter - expectations were for a 0.7% print and the weakest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... 2009. Hardly surprising given that Brazil's economy had been contracting in each of the past four quarters of last year. Real GDP dropped by 5.9% in the year to the December quarter - the biggest decline on record - that followed a 4.5% contraction in ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... of Statistics (ABS) released its latest tally on the country's national accounts. Consensus betting was for Australian real GDP to slow by 0.4% in the quarter ended December 2015, taking the year-over-year growth down to 2.5%. Well, the domestic economy ...