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Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... not carry "special envoy" title. Delegaton also cut short stay in Washington by one night," it said. "[US] Commerce Department placed eight Chinese tech firms to entity list, barring purchases of parts and components from firms without US government ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Department of Treasury has not named any of these countries as outright currency manipulators to date, the US Commerce Department has already submitted proposals (in May this year), including the application of "countervailing" import duties on countries ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... undercut American producers and import cheap goods into the United States. Under a rule change proposed by the Commerce Department on Thursday, the United States would expand its ability to penalise countries that manipulate their currencies. The move ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Index added 5.82 points (0.11 per cent) at 5,082.51. US retail sales in May rose 1.2 per cent, according to Commerce Department data, better than the 1.1 per cent gain projected by analysts. Bill Lynch, director of investment at Hinsdale Associates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... was slightly higher, adding 2.55 points to 4,378.31 US traders were left disappointed Wednesday after the Commerce Department said retail sales, a key part of consumer spending that drives most of the US economy, stagnated in April after rising 1.1 per ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... and food services sales totalled $US436.8 billion in April, essentially unchanged from March, according to Commerce Department data. Macy's, one of the first prominent retailers to report earnings, fell 2.5 per cent after announcing first-quarter results ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, characterised the gains as "momentum buying" after the Commerce Department said new orders for manufactured goods rose 2.1 per cent in March, after seven straight months of declines. US stocks traded ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... days. The "good is good" and "bad is good" meme didn't apply. The S&P 500 index fell by 0.4% the day the US Commerce Department revealed a disappointing and sharp 0.2% (annualised) slowdown in the economy in the first quarter of this year from 2.2% previously ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase than expected. Initial claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose to 294,000 last ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... rate of 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, well below the 5.0 per cent in the prior quarter, according to Commerce Department data. Analysts also pointed to the drag from a eurozone inflation report, which showed consumer prices fell by a record 0.6 ...
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