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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... Thailand (-9.5%); the Philippines (-6.9%); Taiwan (-1.2%); India (-1.2%); and the US (-1.8%). Shipments increased to South Korea (+11.9%); Malaysia (+5.9%); and China (+4.4%). Imports shrank by 8.8% over the 12 months to November after dropping by 16.5% ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... 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 that Japan "has a very ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... driven by a sharper contraction in imports (down 16.3% in the year to September) relative to exports (down 6.9%). South Korea GDP Advanced estimates show that South Korea's economic growth eased slightly to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.8% in the ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... exclusive rights to rail shipments from some of the premier steam coal mines in the world, serving end users in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we believe that our partnership with a world class Australian infrastructure investor ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... cuts at China Mobile making the biggest impact. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank sharply reduced its Q2 payout. In South Korea dividends were up by a third, the fastest growth rate in the world during the quarter. This reflected a fivefold increase ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... Personal credit declined by 0.1% in May after falling at a similar rate in the previous month, down 1.1% over the year. South Korea industrial production and retail sales South Korea's industry and consumer spending stats recorded big bounce in May. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... improving from the previous month's 23.3% dive but still represent the 17th consecutive month of year-on-year fall. South Korea producer prices The absence of pipeline pressures should continue to keep South Korean consumer price inflation at very low ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... bumped down to frontier markets status. MSCI said it is also considering reclassifying Argentina as an emerging market. South Korea has not yet been added to the developed markets index but is under review. MSCI added that the MSCI Nigeria Index may ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... which already registered back to back negative readings in March (minus 0.1%) and April (-0.3%). Bank of Korea cuts South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.25% following its 9 June monetary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... annual rate of core inflation also came in as expected, up by 0.8% last month after a posting a 0.7% gain in April. South Korea external trade South Korea's continues to produce a surplus in its external accounts. However, the US$7.1 billion trade surplus ...