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On 12 February, Destatis (the German Federal Statistical Office) is publishing its “flash release” on German Q4 GDP; a detailed breakdown of the components will follow on 24 February. As already suggested by Destatis, German GDP growth will probably have remained unchanged quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2009. Italian GDP could have…

That new HSBC loan: too clever by half?
Why not give customers the money outright?

By SIOW LI SEN

LAST Friday, when given the HSBC press release on its new Sibor plus equity-linked mortgage, I spent at least 15 minutes trying to figure out how it worked. The result was that I was so consumed with the promise of thousands of dollars that I paid no attention to the home loan itself.

Eventuall… more

Sterling fell sharply on Friday following the much weaker than expected Q3 GDP data – GBP/USD and GBP/EUR closed the week at $1.6337 and €1.0887 respectively. Prior to the GDP release, sterling had been rallying all week as one of the top G-10 currencies. The large speculative short position (that…

SINGAPORE stocks could see the continuation of their upward charge this week due to the prospect of bright economic growth numbers and positive earnings surprises.
Analysts believe that today’s release of advance third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers could further confirm the end of the recession here.
This could provide a much-needed fresh lead for a new wave of buying to propel the … more

In a very quiet week the most important development was the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Financial Stability Review. Not surprisingly the assessment of the health of the Australian banking system was glowing. The banks’ growth since the last recession has concentrated on mortgages. Whereas in the last…

With the release of the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ preliminary estimate of the second quarter GDP growth and an increasing number of signs that growth will return to positive territory in the third quarter, it is an appropriate time for a “preliminary” post-mortem look at the U.S. Great Recession. The…

SINGAPORE’S consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.1 per cent in July from June but fell 0.5 per cent year on year, the Department of Statistics (DOS) said yesterday.

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STOCKS here are likely to face a rough ride this week, following the release of economic data suggesting a mixed outlook for recovery in the world’s biggest economies.
Investors looking to the United States for direction will find little comfort – Friday was a roller-coaster ride of welcome and unwelcome surprises, sending the major US equity indices lower for the week.
The Reuters/University of M… more

German GDP will probably have contracted slightly quarter-on-quarter in Q2 2009, just as output in the producing sector did. On 13 August, Destatis (the German Federal Statistical Office) is publishing its “flash release” on German Q2 GDP; a detailed breakdown of the components will follow on 25 August. Investment in…

STOCK prices on the local bourse were confined to a tight trading range yesterday as investors awaited the release of United States job data for July, due out after the close of Asian trading today.
This data is seen as an important indicator of the health of the world’s bellwether economy amid fresh worries over the pace of its recovery.

These concerns stalled the recent rise of the Singapore m… more