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Economics

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Some may already be wringing their hands as they look back at crude oil's chart following the 2008 production cut when prices went from around US$35 a barrel to more than US$82/barrel a year later before reaching US$100-plus in 2011.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
US export and import prices show improving inflation picture; Eurozone industrial output and Japan machinery orders beat expectations while China's trade data disappoint.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Australia consumer sentiment improves for a third month; US JOLTS misses expectations; China car sales surges; Eurozone economic sentiment up sharply.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Australia business confidence holds up but housing finance commitments fall; US Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) declines.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Germany's trade surplus increases; Italian industrial output grows by more than expected while that for the UK and India disappoint; Japanese wages down.

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
They're called QE's or LTROs or OMTs or Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with a Negative Interest Rate or a New Framework for Strengthening Monetary Easing: Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing with Yield Curve Control, but it's competitive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Australia trade balance and construction PMI improve: Japan services PMI drops; Russian inflation continues to ease.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Retail sales increase in Australia but dips in the Eurozone; US ADP private employment disappoints/composite PMI up led by services.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Mixed indications from Australia job ads, building approvals and AiG performance of services survey; UK construction PMI in expansion; Japan Tankan survey unchanged.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit slows, manufacturing activity still in contraction; Factory activity in the US and the Eurozone up but flat in China.