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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... in March from 50.1 in the previous month - is the "slump in international demand" but it's not only that it's also the currency. The US dollar's currently fetching ¥112.38, down (yen up) from ¥120.99 at the start of February and ¥120.55 in the beginning ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... provide headwinds for the country's manufacturing sector but would be partly offset by the recent weakness in the British currency. Taiwan export orders Taiwan's export orders decreased by 7.4% in the year to February. Although better than market expectations ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... creating a bit more activity. I don't think we're very different from that. But obviously everyone can't have a depreciating currency."

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... currently trading at US$0.6627. Like many other central banks (the BOJ and the ECB, in particular), the RBNZ wants a lower currency in order to boost the country's export competitiveness and at the same time, put upward pressure on inflation. New Zealand's ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... exposure to equities but since its 48% weighting is similar to the US and UK's 47% and 43% weightings, the report notes currency valuation change is an equally important factor. The report also debunks the myth that Australia's pension assets have a ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... According to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, global dividends reached $1.15 trillion in 2015, an increase of 9.9% once currency impacts are taken into account. Dividends provided an important source of return last year, almost entirely compensating ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... NIRP. Of course, low/negative interest rates are aimed at driving away capital inflows in order to weaken the domestic currency relative to others in order to gain a price advantage in the home country's exports relative to others and import deflation. ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... depress yen. Stronger yen equals weak exports (especially in this current cycle of slowing global growth) that, along with currency translation effects equal weak profits, dampening business investment and employment, reducing personal income, weakening ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... strong domestic and export demand, should continue in the medium to long term, especially in light of sustained foreign currency exchange rates," Burgin said. Investors can participate in the bid for as little as $2500, "be the landlord" and "thus fractionally ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... longer enough): to stimulate lending. to boost consumption and investment. to discourage capital inflows, to weaken the currency to boost exports, to raise inflation by lifting import prices. All well and good... if "the others" aren't doing the same ...