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Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
"Not happy, Jan!" For the young ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... consumer spending. On the flipside, while the strong US dollar is keeping inflation largely contained, it would also make US exports become more expensive in the world market which, by extension, would increase the US trade deficit and subtract from ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... conference that, "We're working hard to reduce our trade imbalance which is very substantial, remove barriers to US exports and to achieve a fair and mutually beneficial economic partnership" and that Abe communicated to him that Japan "billions ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... household incomes and consumer spending, solid economic growth among our trading partners should lead to further gains in US exports, and upbeat business sentiment and strong sales growth will likely continue to boost business investment. Moreover, fiscal ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... support the growth of incomes and, therefore, consumer spending; global economic growth should support further gains in US exports; and favorable financial conditions, coupled with the prospect of continued gains in domestic and foreign spending and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... that US import prices (in year-on-year terms) have been in the negative territory. As with import prices, the price of US exports have also been below zero for a while - one month short of a full two years. Export prices fell by 3.0% in the year to July ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... -- from US$45.9 billion in the previous month and is higher than market expectations for a US$46.2 trade shortfall. US exports increased by 1.0% over the month while imports went up by 1.3% US factory orders US factory orders dropped by a larger-than-expected ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... surged to its highest level since 2004. Now think what that this dearer currency implies for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone (real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the third quarter ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... comes around. Weak global growth (i.e., weak foreign demand) - coupled with a strong US dollar - is taking its toll on US exports (down 2% in August to its lowest level since October 2012 which, in turn, is pulling down industrial production (annual ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... reduced growth and less upward price pressure. Have a look at what the rise and rise of the US dollar have done to US exports - they haven't registered any positive year-on-year growth in each and every month of 2015 through to August - the first time ...
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