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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Strong US retail spending but pipeline inflation pressures muted. Japan and Eurozozone industrial output beats expectations while UK inflation remains low.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Australia business confidence softer, Chinese retail sales and fixed asset investment disappoints, US consumer sentiment down a bit.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
US jobless claims emit positive signal; Nil inflation pressure in China and Japan; Bank of Korea surprises with a rate cut.

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Giant global banks and consumers alike have found old fashioned solutions to the unusual problem of having to pay institutions to hold their cash deposits - safes, vaults and strongrooms are back in vogue.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Australian investment property lending drops; More mixed indications from US labour market; Japan Q1 GDP revised higher; Brazil inflation still above target.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA and RBI keeps policy unchanged, US consumer credit disappoints, Japan's leading index provides a glimmer of hope.

Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give their entire population enough money to live on.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
ANZ job ads point to jobs improvement in Australia in contrast to weakening US labour market conditions signaled by LMCI. A bit of good news out of the Eurozone.

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
But hey, just look at what Australia has achieved. The domestic economy continued to grow in the midst of the GFC and 'Grexit', growth accelerated in the first quarter of this year - the period when the financial market was in upheaval and our trading ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australian retail sales slow but external trade improves. No change in ECB policy and no clear direction (yet) in Japan consumer confidence.