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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... business situation. Contractors, however, were slightly less optimistic about their business outlook for the months ahead." Japan leading index A significant drop in Japan's leading composite index (of 12 economic indicators) in February justifies recent ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... most frequently cited reason (after weak sales and a poor economy) for why the current period is a bad time to expand." Japan producer prices The Japanese currency's appreciation has consensus predicting another 3.5% year-on-year fall in Japanese producer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... bonds have become to foreign global investors, in 2003 only one third of Australia's government debt was held by foreigners. Japan bank lending It might still be early days but so far the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rates policy appears to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... also provides some assurance that gains in conditions will be sustainable", according to NAB's chief economist Alan Oster. Japan bank lending It might still be early days but so far the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rates policy appears to ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... dollar even before 2015 turned into 2016. And this is creating big time headaches for the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Despite the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest policy initiative - termed "Quantitative and Qualitative (QQE) Monetary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... last month from 53.5 in February. New export orders in manufacturing rose to 52.0 in March from 46.5 in the previous month. Japan leading economic index Indications of weakness in the economy continue to pile up in Japan. The leading index - a composite ...

APAC M&A on the wane after a record year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) mergers and acquisitions activity has dropped 34% in Q1 2016 compared to the prior corresponding period. Mergermarket's Q1 2016 global M&A trend report reveals that the decrease down to 700 deals, representing US$131.8 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... 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 is neither ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... equity dealing from Hong Kong, as well as investment strategy, relationship management and sales teams based in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Australia. McCareins will report to Wayne Bowers, EMEA and APAC head of Northern Trust Asset Management, and ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's words, "I consider it appropriate for ...