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Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Markets don't expect the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to alter monetary policy settings after it concludes its 30-31 January meeting. Just as well for indications remain ambivalent. Sunrise. Manufacturing activity expansion accelerates. The Nikkei Japan flash ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... because the strong US dollar - weaker non-US dollar currencies - is, in turn, indirectly supporting growth outside America, Japan and the Eurozone in particular. Growth in the bigger world economies is a welcome boost for Australia's export sector and ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... than the expected 2.1% increase. For all the cries of wolf, the UK's latest economic scorecard puts it in front of the US, Japan, the Eurozone and Australia.

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Australians, all, should we rejoice? A day before we celebrated Australia Day, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest update on the country's inflation. Overall consumer prices rose by 0.5% in the December quarter, easing from ...

Shine, shine, shine, let it shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... Shine, shine, shine, let it shine Thank you strong US dollar. Just as the latest PMI updates for the US and the Eurozone, Japan's manufacturing sector started the New Year with a smile. The Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI increased to 52.8 in January ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Australia was featured in the index for the first time, with ANZ, Bank of Queensland, QBE and Westpac appearing. Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey are also new additions. Firms included on the index demonstrate an average ...

Machineries not in order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Just when we thought the sun's starting to shine. Japan private core machinery orders (orders excluding ships and electrical equipment) - a leading indicator of business investment - dropped by 5.1% in the month of November. This is heaps worse than ...

Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... surveys suggest the mild recovery in the currency union will persist and growth should remain in the 1.5% to 2% range. He says Japan's economy will grow as exporters and manufacturers benefit from yen weakness. He adds global interest rates have risen ...

AMP Capital infrastructure platform secures US$2.4b

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Infrastructure Fund and the Strategic Trust of Europe (SITE), has attracted global interest from investors in the UK, US, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Middle East, Ireland, Australia, Spain and Finland. The fund has a portfolio of infrastructure ...

Asia-Pacific comes out on top in unlisted real estate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... significant margin. Australia was a key driver of performance, with local funds returning 2.94% compared to China's 0.11% and Japan's 1.16%. The ANREV Asia Pacific All Funds Index showed that the region turned around after two consecutive quarters of ...