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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... in both present and future home sales and new construction in most regions. A reading above 50 indicates optimism. Japanese GDP Disappointing Japanese economic growth figures have all but cemented expectations for more policy easing from the Bank of ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... sales were flat in July; Chinese retail sales, industrial production, fixed asset investment and inflation slowed; Eurozone GDP growth halved to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.6% in the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... two years. Export prices fell by 3.0% in the year to July, an improvement from the 3.5% decline recorded in June. Singapore GDP Final estimates show that Singapore's economy grew by 2.1% in the year to the second quarter, equal to the March's quarter's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... highest level since March 2015 - from 113.7 in the previous month on the back of strengthening economic conditions. Indonesian GDP expanded by 5.2% in the year to the second quarter following the first quarter's 4.9% growth rate. This is higher than ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Zambia and others were to reform their professional services markets, this could generate nearly half a percentage point in GDP growth from industries which use these services intensively. The report also says the impact would be even larger if fundamental ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... by people who believe the Bank of Japan is wary of expanding Japan's already excessive public debt; it is currently 230%of GDP. CNBC are quoting analysts from SMBC Nikko Securities who expect the package will push up real GDP growth by just 0.4% this ...

Indian LIC launches IPO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Australians to invest and I think the time is now ripe for the India Fund.'' Pereira said India now speaks for 7.1% of world GDP compared to Australia's 1%, meaning India can offer diversification for Australian investors. The IT sector in one example ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... private debt. "Our debt level according to the Bank of International Settlements, private debt level, has gone from 150% of GDP to 210% of GDP," he told the ABC Business Report. According to the World Bank, Australia's ratio of total private debt to ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... towards paying down debt, a study by Peterson Institute for International Economics has revealed that Australia's debt to GDP ratio deteriorated by 27 percentage points between 2007 and 2015. While the Peterson Institute acknowledges that this deterioration ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... revealed by these figures, the consulting group said global infrastructure investment has actually declined as a share of GDP in 11 of the G20 economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada ...