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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... prices fell at a faster rate in July "continuing the trend of falling prices seen over much of the past five years". Markit/Nikkei flash Japan manufacturing PMI Thank goodness for small mercies. According to Markit/Nikkei's latest survey, Japan's manufacturing ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... creating a business and asset owner forum on the back of receiving many requests to meet the fund as part of a survey to JPX Nikkei 400 Index companies in January 2016. "We recently received a proposal from many companies including OMRON, Eisai, and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... same time absorbing higher input costs. Japan flash manufacturing PMI There's still no joy for Japan despite the Markit/Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI inching higher to a preliminary reading of 47.8 in June from 47.7 in the previous month. The ...

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 ...