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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... on consumer prices going forward and threatening the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) 3.0% inflation target for this year. Japan producer prices As in China, producer prices in Japan remain in deflation, falling by 4.2% in the year to April - the fastest ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... that sales of safes in the last week were two-and-a-half times higher than in the same period a year earlier. The Bank of Japan has for months imposed negative rates for holding bank deposits in an attempt to push lenders to deploy their cash in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... and the Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) by one month but it conveys the same mixed readings on the US labour market. Japan GDP The final estimate of Japan's real GDP showed the economy expanded by 0.5% in the March quarter - up from the preliminary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... in April, sharply lower than market expectations for an addition of US$18.0 billion and March's US$28.4 billion increase. Japan leading economic index A glimmer of hope? The Cabinet Office reported that Japan's leading economic index rose to a preliminary ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... 3.1% over the year. This compares with 2.0% growth for the US and the UK, 1.5% in the Eurozone and a 0.1% contraction in Japan. This reminded me again of Lloyd Blankfein's -- chairman and chief executive of Goldman Sachs - comments at a Sydney business ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of our net asset purchases". Japan consumer confidence Confidence among Japanese consumers beat market expectations for a decline to a 40.4 reading, rising to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Australia's year-on-year economic growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone (1.5%), the United Kingdom (2.0%) and Japan (-0.05%). US ISM manufacturing index Contrary to indications of weakening manufacturing activity contained in regional PMI ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... again, these are April numbers - before the RBA cut interest rates and most banks passing on the full reduction in May. Japan retail sales The latest retail spending figures perhaps explain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's flip-flopping over the consumption ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... point of difference, though, equity exposure has generally increased at the expense of fixed income. The US, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia were the leaders in this "return-seeking behaviour." As an Australian example, the report noted the Future ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Fixed income investors need to focus on new opportunities for return in a low-rate environment, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager and head of international fixed income Arif Husain. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price Equities Adviser event in ...