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Economics

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
ECB keeps policy unchanged; Australia and China's trade balances disappoint; Japan third quarter GDP revised lower.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
US JOLTS largely unchanged; Eurozone retail sales increase but UK industrial production, China foreign exchange reserves and Japanese wages disappoint. Reserve Bank of India keep interest rates unchanged.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Australian economy contracts in the September quarter.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Australia services PMI and job ads rise. US, Eurozone and China PMI in expansion.

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Barring an unforeseen shock (we can never be sure), data says, it's all systems go for the Fed.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex down but AiG manufacturing up. US manufacturing up while China's up and down.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Australian housing sales and approvals dropped sharply in October.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed survey, Japan inflation and UK DP improve. Eurozone M3 money supply and Thailand trade surplus disappoint.

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
If the United States grows strongly post Trump's election - and China, Europe and Japan can increase demand for produce, everybody wins.