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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... previous month. This represents the fastest growth since September 2014 and beat market expectations for a 1.3% decline. Japan GDP If you thought the preliminary estimate of 2.2% annualised growth rate for Japanese third quarter was too strong, you are ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... bank's sales of US dollars to support the yuan. China's foreign exchange reserves peaked at US$3.993 trillion in June 2014. Japan cash earnings Latest wages data suggest that the Bank of Japan's fight against deflation - headline CPI rate up 0.1% in ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
While Chinese investment in Australia has received substantial attention over the past few years, Japan is still the biggest Asia-Pacific offshore investor, a new FSC and Perpetual report reveals. The 2016 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... September quarter from 3.1% in the second but (using the same measure) still ahead of the US (1.6%), the Eurozone (1.7%), Japan (0.8%) but slower than the UK's (2.3%). The details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report show only household ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... state-owned firms while Caixin canvasses private industrial companies - helps explain the disparity in the two surveys. Japan industrial production Japanese industrial production increased by 0.1% in the month of October, beating market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... accelerated to 2.1% from 2.0% while loans to governments grew by 10.6 in the year to October from 2.1% in the previous month. Japan CPI inflation After seven months of flat to negative reading, a 2.3% yoy jump in food prices pushed Japan's annual CPI ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... dominance for high performing and sustainable built assets - India will overtake the US, Indonesia will leapfrog Mexico and Japan, and Brazil will edge ahead of Germany," Robbins said. "Mature economies will have to do more with less as aging built assets ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... brings to the US Federal Reserve - onwards towards policy normalisation - and the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - succour to their quest for a lower exchange rate that would boost growth and inflation. But it's not all hunky-dory. Trump's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... previous year, total funds under management grew by 6.8% in the third quarter following a 3.5% increase in the second quarter. Japan manufacturing PMI Although it remained in expansion territory (above 50) for the third month in a row, the flash estimate ...