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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... contracted for the 21st consecutive month, falling by 4.5% last month following a 5.1% decline in April. Japan industrial production Big deal. Final figures show that Japanese industrial production went up by 0.5% in the month of April -- up from the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... growth in China continued their trend decline from the 11.2% annual rate recorded in November 2015. China industrial production A better than expected 6.0% increase in China's industrial output in the year to May offset the miss from retail sales. The ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... influencing this were strong retail sales, reduction of fiscal deficit and improved government spending and strong industrial production. The latter point, he added, was precipitated partly by Serbia not being in the EU yet and therefore unaffected by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... the annual rate rising to 2.1% in April, slowing from 2.2% in the previous month and 2.3% in February. US industrial production US dollar weakness appears to also be a factor in the stronger than expected 0.7% rise in industrial production in the month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... However, claims still remain below 300K - the level generally associated with a healthy labour market. Euro industrial production Not producing. This might as well refer to the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE and negative interest rate policy. But the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... rate slowed from 9.4% in March to 9.3% last month - more than double the central bank's 4.5% target. UK industrial production UK industrial output declined by 0.2% in the year to March after a 0.1% pick up in the previous month, due largely to a 1.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... need for further PBOC monetary easing. The upcoming updates on retail sales, fixed asset investment and industrial production - due out over the weekend - could tip the scales one way or the other. UK trade balance The cheaper pound had certainly helped ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... been slowing since recording a 2.6% year-on-year advance last December, down to 2.25% in March. Eurozone industrial production Industrial output in the Eurozone decreased by 0.8% in February a partial correction to January's 1.9% jump in production. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... (2.1% year-on-year). Stronger-than-expected outcomes could bring back April rate hike speculations. Japan industrial production China's Lunar new Year holiday and Toyota's temporary production stoppage (following an explosion at a steel plant) contributed ...

No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... Governor Zhou Xiaochuan's "prevention is better than a cure" policy worked, or all of the above. Chinese industrial production growth slowed to a year-on-year rate of 5.4% in the January-February period - a seven year low and less than the expected 5.6% ...