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Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... regions were overly optimistic: The WEO forecasts overestimated output and underestimated inflation. The WEO forecasts for real GDP growth for Africa and inflation for the Western Hemisphere demonstrate this bias most clearly." I'm in no way poo-poohing ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... meeting to a low of 5,763.3 points six trading days later - as the lower than expected 2.5% Australian fourth quarter real GDP growth and concerns over the upcoming 17-18 March Fed FOMC meeting added negative impetus to the domestic equity market's dashed ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... UK's economy, which was threatening to double dip just before Carney moved across the pond had steadily strengthened - real GDP growth accelerated from 1.7% in the June quarter of 2013 to 2.7% as at the December quarter of last year. The unemployment ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... economy emerged out of recession in the fourth quarter -- disappointing as it may be, growth is still growth -- with real GDP expanding at annualised rate of 2.2% in the fourth quarter (against expectations for a 3.7% gain); not straight after the Nikkei-225 ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... measures up. It was all up for the US labour market in January despite the fourth quarter's slower than expected 2.6% real GDP growth and concerns over reduced investment - including hiring -- in the US energy sector due to the drop in oil prices and ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... interest rate, r* is the "natural" real interest rate, pi is the rate of inflation, pi* is the target inflation rate, y is real GDP growth, and y* is the potential output growth. Substituting numbers for the letters: current cash rate is 2.5%; "natural" ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... looking to America to import the ills and evils in their respective economies. But with the latest stats showing that US real GDP grew by a lower than expected 2.6% in the fourth quarter against expectations of 3.2% and 5.0% in the third - even before ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... necessary yet. Better yet, not necessary yet? Despite all the stimulative measures so far, the ECB staff now predicts real GDP growth of 0.8% in 2014, 1.0% in 2015 and 1.5% in 2016. "Compared with the September 2014 ECB staff macroeconomic projections ...

Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... mistaken but I couldn't recall anyone picking up on these back then. Certainly, the 0.3% quarter-on-quarter growth in real GDP - the headline measure - is a big disappointment, more so because of the negative 0.5 percentage point contribution of private ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... statistician will today release its estimate on how the economy did in the third quarter. Consensus expectations are for real GDP growth of 0.7% in the quarter and 3.1% over the year. We should be shouting and singing glory, glory hallelujah and dancing ...