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Another 6-9 months under Downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... boost". "The theme of international factors which are represented by the share market; the yield curve; US industrial production and commodities weighing on the Index while being partially offset by an improving labour market and solid confidence is ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) last night is the latest addition to the run of disappointing stats - industrial production, factory orders, ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing, to name a few - released so far this year. The NFIB small ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... be gradually happening in the US -- evidenced by the latest contraction in factory activity, exports and industrial production, among others - compounded by a strong US dollar. But unlike the US dollar, the A$ is weak/weakening... and that's Australia's ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... either with export shipments down by 8% in December and followed November's 3.3% decline. Not surprisingly, industrial production retreated by 1.6% in the year to December from zero growth in the previous month. The hope is that the BOJ's introduction ...

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... sure, most economists were already expecting orders to take a hit after the earlier reported 1.8% drop in industrial production in December and the negative lead from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index that fell further away ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... aren't encouraging either. Retail sales have been decelerating - minus 0.2% in the year to September - so is industrial production - minus 0.7% over the same period - so is the September Tankan survey of large manucfacturers. As for inflation, consumer ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... on US exports (down 2% in August to its lowest level since October 2012 which, in turn, is pulling down industrial production (annual growth has slipped to a mere 0.40% in September, the slowest in five years). With exports contracting and industrial ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... billion surplus. Just to stress, it reported a deficit instead of an expected surplus. And the list goes on... Industrial production fell by an unexpected 0.4% in the year to August, down from no growth the month before. Similarly, the annual growth ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... than June's and expectations' 10.6% rate but stronger than March (10.2%), April (10.0%) and May (10.1%); Industrial production up by 6.0% over the same period - down from 6.8% in the previous month, yet sturdier than the 5.6% and 5.9% growth recorded ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... in the March quarter - a sharp one at that - is, to quote Reuters, "at odds with other indicators such as industrial production, trade and tax collection figures, which suggest the economy is still suffering from slack". An observation echoed by Bloomberg ...