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The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... protectionist policy (more so if US$ strength begins to take its toll on the US economy). Trump has declared many times that China is a currency manipulator. Trump could to say the same thing about the euro, the yen, the A$ and other currencies once ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... and sales (11 from 1). Capital outlays eased 3 points but to a still robust 24 reading and inventories were flat at -4. China economic activity The latest updates on China's major economic indicators show that fears of a hard landing in the Chinese economy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
China vehicle sales China's tax break on small vehicles -- halving the 10% purchase tax on vehicles with 1.6-liter engines or smaller - is having the same impact as the US' 'cash for clunkers' programme back in July 2009, it's sending car purchases ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... developments. Check. US dollar strength is aiding the ECB and the BOJ's efforts at reflating growth and consumer prices and China too. The question now is what happens next? How would the Fed lady forward guide the butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... with a yield to maturity below the interest rate on the ECB's deposit facility will be permitted to the extent necessary". China trade balance China's trade surplus declined US$44.6 billion from US$49.1 billion in the previous month and US$54.0 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... since December 2015's 0.3% decline. Annual industrial production growth in the UK had been sequentially slowing since July. China foreign exchange reserves The drain on China's foreign exchange reserves continues. People's Bank of China (PBOC) data show ...

Database unlocks global infrastructure opportunities

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... visibility of potential projects and will track projects as they progress from conception to operation. At launch Australia, China, Columbia, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand and Uruguay have joined the pipeline and will add their major infrastructure projects ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... said that Japan has contributed $11.4 billion of the total in foreign investments, ahead of New Zealand ($5.2 billion), China ($2.5 billion) and South Korea ($2.2 billion). Justifying this, an investment manager anonymously quoted in the report said ...

Russell signs deal with top China manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Russell Investments has entered into a partnership with China's largest fund manager. China Asset Management (ChinaAMC), which manages nearly $200 billion in assets, will advertise Russell's global multi-asset and multi-sector solutions to its institutional ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... services business activity to 53.8 in November from 52.8 in the previous month and manufacturing activity to 53.7 from 53.5. China Caixin composite PMI The Caixin China composite PMI was unchanged from October's 43-month record of 52.9 in November as ...