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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index improves while wages beat expectations; UK labour market on a good run (before Brexit).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Australia new car sales down; US CPI inflation eases; Eurozone economic sentiment rebounds.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Mixed US indicators - NY factory activity down/NAHB housing market index up; Japanese GDP disappoints but Thailand's economy grew better than expected.

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
But if you acted on RBS' recommendation on the 8th of January and sold US equities, you would be kicking yourselves today.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Australian inflation expectations ease; RBNZ cuts rates and promises more; US export and import prices still negative; MIT narrows Singapore growth forecasts.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Australian consumer confidence and home lending bounce as with Japanese machinery orders but Philippine exports continue to contract.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Australia business confidence eases; US productivity drops; China inflation remains low; Indian central bank keeps policy unchanged

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
ANZ job ads down; US Labor Market Conditions Index rebounds; China and Taiwan trade surplus increase while Indonesian consumer confidence jumps.

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
But aren't the central banks' race to the bottom, in themselves, sources of uncertainty - a zero sum game?

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut; Indonesian, Philippine bond indices surge; Improve competition in Africa, reduce poverty.