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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... optimism about the business outlook in the service sector sank to its lowest since July 2015". (Markit Economics). Markit/Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI Policy accommodation delayed is policy accommodation denied and perhaps, more ineffective than ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... rate of ¥3.3 trillion ($38.3 billion) per year. This has seen it become a top 10 holder of more than 200 companies on the Nikkei 225 and a top five holder of more than 50. Policy makers don't disclose how those ETF holdings translate into stakes of ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises also deteriorated in the March quarter. This is in line with the latest Nikkei/Markit Japan manufacturing PMI report showing the index falling to a reading of 49.1 in March from 50.1 in February. Lead indications ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... in orders from the rest of the Eurozone member countries -- only partially offset by a 0.9% increase in domestic orders. Nikkei/Markit Japan Service PMI Japan's services sector continues to slow. While March's PMI reading of 50 indicates that the sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Australia registered falls of 12.8%, 10.8% and 7.7%, respectively. Year-on-year, total dwelling approvals dropped by 9.0% Nikkei/Markit India manufacturing PMI The expansion in India's manufacturing sector gathered more momentum in March with the PMI ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... of the year, putting the region on course for a 0.3% expansion of GDP in the first quarter." (Markit Economics) Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing PMI Markit/Nikkei's reports that one of the key factors for the first sub-50 reading since April 2015 ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... quantitative easing into "quantitative and qualitative easing with a negative interest rate" - flopped. The yen rose and the Nikkei-225 index fell as unintended and latest data show Japan's core inflation slowed to a standstill (0%) in January from plus ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... survey indicate the weakest pace of economic growth for just over a year, but deflationary forces intensified." Markit/Nikkei Japan flash manufacturing PMI dropped to 50.2 in February. Yup, also still above 50... but only just and is the lowest reading ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even gapped at the open, trading 2% higher from last Friday's ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... start of the first trading week of this year. The S&P 500 index ended 6.0% lower; the Stoxx 600 index dropped by 6.7%; the Nikkei-225 index retreated by 7.0%; the FTSE-100 index lost 5.3% and the All Ordinaries index finished 5.5% in the red -- all in ...