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Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... partially explained by a first quarter GDP growth of 0.9% (quarter on quarter) that was driven by a lift in exports and inventories. He said household consumption and housing "look precariously supported in an environment of very low wages growth, a ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... period. We would have seen a negative before the first quarter growth number if not for the 0.74-point contribution from inventories. Unwanted, if I may add, judging from the sharp slowdown in consumer spending to 1.9% in Q12015 from 4.4% in Q4 2014. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... oil prices finished the week below $US45 a barrel after the International Energy Agency warned that rising US crude inventories were approaching the limits of storage capacity amid the global oversupply. The euro got as low as $US1.0466, its lowest level ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... decline in retail spending in Feb plus second straight month of minus business sales growth (and unwanted stockpile of inventories) in January equal longer Fed patience - Wall Street singing the "Happy" song. Can't blame Wall Street - the Fed told every ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... futures contract was down five points at 5,260. Copper and oil futures closed lower, weighed down by increases in inventories. US markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King public holiday. Locally on Tuesday, Rio Tinto releases its fourth ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... slide again! Just when we thought, the price of that black gold has found its footing, fresh news of higher supply and inventories and predictions of lesser demand next year took the floor from under it. While I still maintain that cheap oil is net-net ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... business investment - 0.85 percentage points - than initially estimated - 0.17 pp. There was also lesser drag from inventories - minus 0.12 pp versus minus 0.57 pp - which fits well with increased consumer spending. While the contribution from net exports ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... expectations for a 0.4% pick-up and at 3.1% -- it's not far below the 3.25% trend growth rate. Here come the buts... But 'Inventories' accounted for the bulk of second quarter growth, contributing 0.9 percentage points overall. Take inventories' contribution ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases company profits and inventories data for the June quarter Monthly inflation figures from TD Securities and manufacturing data from the Australian Industry ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... December from 1.28 in the previous month due to the combination of a 0.2% fall in shipments and a 0.5% increase in inventories. This suggests - if not weather-distorted - unwanted inventories building up in US factories and potentially confirms the slowing ...