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RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... differential relative to Australia, suggests Van der Welle. "You have to see it in perspective. Farming accounts for just 7% of GDP. New Zealand is benefiting in particular from lower oil prices now. Cheaper energy is positive for consumer purchasing ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... the same anytime soon. He said in Australia, consumers were feeling very "unconfident". He pointed to a slowdown in income, GDP growth at 2.5% and income growth at practically zero or slightly negative, as well as wages growth being close to zero and ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... medium term," she says. A continent, not a country Investors need to think of China as "a continent, not a country," she notes. GDP growth between provinces varied as much as 9% in the first quarter. The country is expected to contribute 1.1% to global ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Authors Mary Amiti and Tyler Bodine-Smith argue that "a 10 percent appreciation in one quarter shaves 0.5 percentage point off GDP growth over one year and an additional 0.2 percentage point in the following year if the strength of the dollar persists". ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... ago. China heads concerns with 62% of fund managers expecting the economy to weaken in next 12 months and eight out of 10 see GDP falling below 6% by 2018. An overall total of 191 panellists with US$510 billion of assets under management participated ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... surprisingly small role in China. The free-float value of Chinese markets-the amount available for trading-is just about a third of GDP, compared with more than 100% in developed economies. Less than 15% of household financial assets are invested in ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... alternative will be too messy for the Eurozone to countenance. Just as it did with the member that was tinier (0.04% of world GDP) than tiny Greece (0.3%) back in March 2013. Morgan Stanley of Cyprus was quoted back then saying that "the market appears ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... sure. For a look at Greece's stats show that when they took their 2000 exam, the country's government deficit was 3.7% of GDP (3.2% in 1999) and its debt was at 103.4% of national output (94% in 1999). Most likely, the Greeks submitted the 1999 metrics. ...

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 - ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... annual investments of USD 2 trillion will be needed to supply global energy demands through 2035. And based on projected global GDP growth to 2030, the OECD expects increases of two-to-four-fold for various measures of air and sea transport volumes. ...