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Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... Japan's recovery, concerns over deflation in the eurozone and disappointing US growth stats early in the New Year (polar vortex). Overlayed against all these is the US Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of policy stimulation. The big dump of biotechs ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... in the March quarter before jumping to a reading of 6.2 in the June quarter - confirming the slowdown due to the polar vortex and the ensuing payback. With September's figure completing the third quarter stats, we find the LMCI averaging 2.4% over the ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... did in the second quarter (that was three months ago. And what happened three months before was a payback for the polar vortex weakened economic activity three months before three months before. Consensus expectations are for the three months to September ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... out of emerging markets, the Turkish lira dropped big time, the slowdown in US economic growth was being debated (polar vortex or not?) and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick makers were waiting for Ms. Janet to talk and tell them whether taper ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... all, is the economic story that happened in the January to March period - ages ago - and it was distorted by the polar vortex. The June quarter should be better. Fresher data releases show US consumer confidence rising, manufacturing expansion gaining ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... maker Chaori and construction materials manufacturer Xuzhou Zhongsen Tonghao - have defaulted on their debts. The polar vortex hides the fact that the US economy is freezing to a standstill. The massive outflow of funds in emerging markets that sent ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... cheerier. Hip, hip... It's payback time -- payback for the deep freeze in the first quarter economy caused by the polar vortex. Spring has finally sprung! But wait! If this is the case, why is the US bond market also happy? Yields on 10-year US Treasuries ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... despite the number of happenings that happened over the past three months: There was pessimism. China concerns and polar vortex distortion of US data (and what it meant for Fed taper) at the start of January and the sell-off in emerging markets - prompted ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... been largely on the positive side of late. In America, economic reports for February confirmed the "frozen by the polar vortex" story. Markit Economics' US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) jumped to a reading of 57.1 in February from 53.7 ...

Subjected to interpretation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... private sector employment survey and the jobless claims report are positive. But then, given the distortions by the polar vortex and BLS revisions to the data and the many moving parts - employment, unemployment rate, participation rate, weekly hours ...
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