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The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... round the world and look at the news reports that littered cyberspace over the past 24 hours: Japan first quarter real GDP growth was revised to show the economy contracting at an annualised rated of 3.5 per cent, less than the preliminary reading of ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... that. US equities notched their second straight day of gains- Despite the second estimate to first quarter US real GDP growth of 1.8 per cent showed no revision, disappointing market expectations for an upgrade to 2.2 per cent. Despite reports that US ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... announced that it expects the economy to expand by 8.6 per cent in the year ending 31 March. Indonesia is too. Real GDP growth quickened to 6.1 per cent in 2010 from 4.5 per cent in the previous year. Indonesia received an upgrade in its sovereign credit ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... mode. Last night's data instalment confirms the strong contribution of personal consumption on fourth quarter real GDP growth. US personal spending increased by 0.7 per cent in December - more than expectations for a 0.5 per cent gain. Personal income ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Amazon - continue to beat profit estimates. And why not, the US economy has woken up from its summer slumber. Real GDP growth accelerated to an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from 2.6 per cent in the previous three-month period. Yes ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... floating Australian dollar as helper. This means that despite the pause in the September quarter when Australia's real GDP growth slowed to only 0.2 per cent -- from 1.1 per cent in the first, things are still going good for the poor little rich kid. ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... inflation to erode your purchasing power. Anything Australia is safe. Again... maybe. If today's third quarter real GDP growth report does not turn out as bad as many expect. But even if it did, China's committing seppuku (yeah, I know it's a Japanese ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... ABS releases its estimates next week. The Australian Financial Review quote Westpac halving its third quarter real GDP growth forecast from 0.6 per cent to 0.3 per cent. And if that's not bad enough, it also printed that ANZ Bank predicts no growth at ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... hasn't sang... Elvis is still in the building. Just look at the US data releases last night. US second quarter real GDP growth was upwardly revised to an annualised rate of 1.7 per cent (from 1.6 per cent). Good, but not good enough. This remains less ...

The good smoke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... Japan Research Institute, this frontloading would add 1.4 percentage points to the third quarter's annualised real GDP growth. Economist expects real GDP to grow at an annual rate of 1.7 per cent in the September quarter from 1.5 per cent in the second. ...