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Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... services PMI down to 46.7 points from 55.0 in July. These are backed by the weakening August 2021 stats on fixed asset investment (8.9% in the year to August from 10.3% in the previous month), industrial production (5.3% from 6.4%) and retail sales (2.5% ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... out of China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment that were still stronger than usual -- as they continue to come off the low base comparisons of the previous year when the coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... expanding since May last year and latest activity indicators - retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment - suggest they'll continue to do so. To be sure, there were really no surprises in Markit's latest roundup that the ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... moves by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the Politburo. Retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment numbers for April suggest that China is gradually coming off the low base comparisons of February and March 2020 when the ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... annual growth rate in 20 months from 6.9% in October. Likewise, November figures show the annual growth in fixed asset investment picked up by 2.6% in November, strengthening from October's 0.8% year-on-year gain - the second consecutive month that ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... annual growth rate in 20 months from 6.9% in October. Likewise, November figures show the annual growth in fixed asset investment picked up by 2.6% in November, strengthening from October's 0.8% year-on-year gain -- the second continued month that it ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... from 3.3% in September from 0.5% in the previous month and after the previous five months of contraction. Fixed asset investment strengthened for the second straight month with annual growth accelerating to 1.8% in October from 0.8% in the previous month ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... better than expected 6.9% in the year to October, with 34 out of 41 major industry groups recording gains. Fixed asset investment accelerated to 1.8% from 0.8% in September; and, the annual growth in retail sales quickened to 4.3% in October from 3.3% ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... to September from 5.6% in August and 4.8% in July. Likewise, September figures show the annual growth in fixed asset investment is now back in the black since the pandemic - up by 0.8% following seven straight months of contraction and a sharp recovery ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... from 4.8% in the previous month and reversing March's 1.1% contraction. While the annual growth in fixed asset investment remains negative (-0.3%) in August, it has sequentially improved from the 24.5% drop recorded in February this year. And oh ...
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