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Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... publications put the shocking drop in retail spending as due to the record 35-day US government shutdown. But nah. The Census Bureau itself reported that, "Data collection and processing were delayed for this indicator release due to the lapse in federal ...

Chief economist update: Blame the US economy for the widening trade gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
From "fake news", US President Donald Trump might label the Census Bureau's numbers on "International Trade in Goods" as "fake stats". It refutes his claim in March that "trade wars are good, and easy to win." The report shows America's balance ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... equal to February's monthly growth rate and in line with expectatios - and 4.5% in the same month of 2017. The US Census Bureau reported that eight of the 13 major retail categories reported increases in the month of March: These include: autos (2%) ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... escalates, but at least Downing Street is not in Trump's crosshairs for the UK buys more goods from America. US Census Bureau data show that the US enjoyed a US$3.3 billion surplus with the UK in 2017 (up from US$1 billion in the previous year). UK Prime ...

Chief economist update: No target sign on India's back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... to EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea - and the chills, they'll be multiplying. US Census Bureau data show that except for Argentina and Brazil, America imports more than it exports to these "sons of Trump" countries. China's ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... 7.8% of total US imports. But that was using 2001 trade numbers. Fast forward to the present and by 2016, the US Census Bureau had US imports of goods and services from China at 17.1% of total - more than its historical biggest trading partners Canada ...

Data says not yet but what would Janet say?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... that the US consumer hasn't been spending as strongly in early 2016 as initially indicated, underscored by the US Census Bureau's statement that, "The so-called control group of sales - excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... estimation process. These new controls reflect the annual updating of intercensal population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. In accordance with usual practice, historical data will not be revised to incorporate the new controls; consequently, household ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... rental vacancy running at 10.3% which is slightly higher than the past ten year average of 9.66%, according to the US Census Bureau. The fund is superfund compliant and is open to both retail and wholesale investors and is targeting annual distributions ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... hit this year, high petrol process and, you guessed it, the European sovereign debt saga. Wait till they read the Census Bureau that America's poverty rate rose to 15.1% last year from 14.3% in 2009 and the median household income dropped by 2.3%. Wait ...
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