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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Australian consumer sentiment rise marginally; US export and import prices lower; Eurozone industrial production declines; UK wages ease slightly.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence and Euro economic sentiment improve but US small business optimism eases; China's economic releases all beat expectations.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australian lending finance commitments and China vehicle sales up; UK trade deficit narrows but Japan machine tool orders and Indian industrial output fall.

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
But the final arbiter might be the financial markets' negative reaction to the increased prospect of a September rate hike (odds lifted to 30% after Rosengren spoke from 24%, according to Reuters). Madam Janet would not want that.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumers increase borrowings; ECB leaves policy unchanged; Japan GDP revised higher; China trade surplus declines.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australia economy marks 25 years of nil recession; China FX reserves dwindle modestly; Japan leading index improves; Malaysia's trade surplus declines.

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Two of the most important data -- employment and inflation -- that came in the week after financial markets put a September rate hike into Yellen's mouth, failed "to confirm the Committee's outlook".

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia should start thinking about historically low rates as an opportunity for reinvestment, according to Vanguard principal and head of investments, Vanguard Asia Pacific Rodney Comegys.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex and retail sales down; US and Euro manufacturing PMI slows; China's manufacturing sector expands (official) and stagnates (Caixin).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Australia private sector credit slowing, manufacturing contracts; US private sector employment and pending home sales beat expectations.