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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... City Fed president Esther George voted with her colleagues at the June meeting. Revised projections show the Fed now expects GDP growth to expand by 2.0% in both 2016 and 2017, down from the 2.2% (2016) and 2.1%) projected in March. Projections for the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) by one month but it conveys the same mixed readings on the US labour market. Japan GDP The final estimate of Japan's real GDP showed the economy expanded by 0.5% in the March quarter - up from the preliminary ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... although it has declined, it is relative to developed markets. "This [factor] is important because research shows relative GDP growth rates are a key factor in determining outperformance of emerging versus developed markets," McClone said.

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
... month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for over 60% of GDP - the latest figures provide no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy. More so, given that the year-on-year rate of ...

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  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... while the better than expected 0.4% increase in business inventories in the March quarter would contribute to first quarter GDP growth - due out tomorrow and expected to grow by 0.6% over the quarter and 2.7% year-on-year - it would be a detraction from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... 6.4 in May from 11.2 in the previous month and much less than expectations for an increase to a reading of 12.0. Singapore GDP When the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) shifted from a gradual appreciation policy for the Singapore dollar to zero ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... went up by 4.2% in the year to April, up from 2.6% in the previous month and versus expectations for a 1.9% gain. Philippine GDP The outgoing Aquino administration is going out with a bang. Economic growth in the Philippines quickened to 6.9% in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... decline and an improvement from the previous month's 0.9% drop. UK producer prices have been in deflation since July 2014. Japan GDP Preliminary estimates show the Japanese economy once more dodged falling into a technical recession with real GDP expanding ...