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Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... July CPI and the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index and industrial production. Slow growth. US retail sales are expected to decline by 0.1 percent in July following a 0.1 percent rise in June. Retail sales excluding autos are expected ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... US In the US, updates on key growth, inflation and housing indicators are due for release this week. Growth in US retail sales, released on Tuesday, is expected to slow to 0.3 percent in June from 1 percent in May. This is consistent with latest readings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... benchmark Nikkei jumped 558.15 points to 13,626.45. HONG KONG - Stocks rose moer than three per cent on strong US retail sales data. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 852.13 points tot 24,021.68 WELLINGTON - The sharemarket inched up 0.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... dropped 3 per cent, with European and US stocks tumbling after Citigroup reported its first quarterly loss and weak US retail sales data inflamed fears of a US recession. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,025.6 points, down 190.1 or 3.06 per cent. FRANKFURT - ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... substantially." Mr Wacher said positive retail sales data in the United States helped to buoy stocks on Wall Street. "The US retail sales result was pretty strong so that's probably given a bit of impetus to the market as a whole over there. "It started ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... attention to a handful of earnings results, and retail stocks, including Li & Fung, declining on the back of a poor US retail sales outlook in April. The Hang Seng Index lost 39.24 points to end at 20,340.97,rising 131.36 points since the Easter break. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... to its highest close in more than seven months as exporters including Sony climbed on a weaker yen and upbeat US retail sales data. The Nikkei rose 136.27 points to 16,829.20, rising for the fourth straight session to hit the highest close since May ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... stocks ended slightly lower after early gains, stung by a decline on Wall Street after stronger-than-expected US retail sales and import price data. The FTSE 100 fell 15 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 5,877.2, amid a mixed performance on European markets ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... tightening campaign and cause a significant slowdown in the economy. Signs of slowing were apparent in last night's US retail sales report. Retail sales went up by 0.1 per cent in May as expected. However, the increase was mainly due to a 1.9 per cent ...

Daily economic update

US retail sales dropped by 1.3 per cent in February with ex autos falling by 0.4 per cent. Expectations were for a decline of 0.8 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. January sales figures were revised up to show a rise of 2.9 per cent from a gain ...