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December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... inflation forecasts (I'm pretty sure they've already seen this before they convened last month). The BOE now expects real GDP growth of 1.2% at the end of the 2015 fiscal year (ending 30 April 2016) down from 1.7% it predicted only last July and by 1.4% ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... the Fed's caveat, that of data dependence. And we got one big one last night, an upward revision in US third quarter real GDP growth from the initial estimate of 1.5% (annualised rate) to 2.1%. The headline number says... go ahead Janet make our day!...the ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... held it there on this meeting. Because... "In the forecast prepared for the meeting, the staff left its projection for real GDP growth in the second half of 2008 little changed from the previous meeting, but it marked down its forecast for 2009 slightly. ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... ("no" in Japanese), the economy isn't "recovering moderately". Instead, the economy has slid back into recession with real GDP contracting at an annualised rate of 0.8% in the third quarter that followed a 0.7% decline in the June quarter - that's recession ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone (real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the third quarter from 0.4% in the second) and Japan (forecast to fall into another recession when its ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... Pasa',"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would". The latest US GDP growth numbers add to the list of "couldn't". Real GDP grew at annual rate of 1.5% in the third quarter from 3.9% in the second - less than expectations for a 1.7% gain. Growth flipped ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... 2013. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) later estimated that the shutdown took around 0.3% off US fourth quarter real GDP. And that's just the direct impact. And that's when the Fed was still pumping US$85 billion per month into its economy, China ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... longer-run objective of 2 percent over 2016 and 2017. "The staff viewed the uncertainty around its July projections for real GDP growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation as similar to the average of the past 20 years. The risks to the forecast for ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... so because latest available growth and inflation data show that the ECB is not starting from a position of strength. Real GDP growth slowed to 0.3% in the June quarter - when QE was in full swing and before the financial market ructions -- from 0.4% ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... been contracting since the September quarter - with each quarter's contraction deeper than the previous one. Russian real GDP declined by a hefty 1.3% in the March quarter and by 1.9% from a year ago. The EU's extension of sanctions against Russia - ...