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Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The upward revision to Japan's March quarter GDP growth - to an annualised rate of 3.9% (from the preliminary estimate of 5.1%) - provides cold comfort to an economy that remains stuck in a rut and continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... private demand implies that the positive (0.1 percentage point) contribution from private inventories to March quarter GDP growth is largely due to the build-up of unwanted stocks that would be unwound over the following quarter/s. Tokyo's weakening ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... negative when adjusted for inflation). Household consumption contributed only 0.2 percentage points to March quarter GDP growth, down from 0.6 pps in the December 2017 quarter. Recent history also provides lessons for the impatient. The Reserve Bank ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... than reversing the 1.7% increase in the last quarter of 2017. X-Y. This is the biggest contributor to March quarter GDP growth. Exports of goods and services rebounded by 2.4% in March after the previous quarter's 1.5% decline while growth in imports ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... stance. And for good reasons. It remains optimistic over the domestic growth outlook and still views the March quarter GDP growth slowdown as temporary: "Consumption growth remains subdued, reflecting slow growth in real wages and high levels of household ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... seasonal adjustment" by the San Fran Fed I ranted about two days ago to turn the reported 0.2% annualised March quarter GDP growth into 1.8? It wasn't mentioned on the April FOMC Statement, but the minutes revealed that members discussed the "damping ...
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