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Japanese economy released today its reading for May's machinery orders and current account index, where the machinery orders fell more than economist estimated in May adding signs that rebounded business investment will not heavily support the nation's recovery.

SINGAPORE'S exports boom showed no signs of slowing last month, with shipments jumping by the largest amount in more than four years. Non-oil domestic exports surged 29.4 per cent compared with the same month a year ago, the biggest year-on-year increase since December 2005, said trade agency IE Singapore yesterday. This follows March's 25.4 per cent rise in exports, and underlines the robustness ... more

BARCLAYS Capital has trimmed its inflation forecast for Singapore for this year to 3 per cent, down from its previous prediction of 4 per cent.
The property market is stabilising and there are no signs of overheating in the economy, said Barclays in its quarterly macro-economic report.
It added that inflation readings had been lower than expected lately, and that this strengthened the case for the… more

Last week, it the USD crosses such as the EUR/USD and GBP/USD were showing signs of reversal after greenback dominance for end of 2009 and most of 2010 so far. However, by week’s end, the greenback prevailed, and we may have to start thinking of USD-bullish outlooks in the coming…

(SINGAPORE) Distressed selling may be a thing of the past, but prospects in the secondary private equity (PE) market are definitely looking up, says Paul Capital, a global alternative investment manager with US$6.6 billion in assets under management.

‘Whether it is fundraising activity, investor interests or exits, we see encouraging signs on all three fronts,’ the company’s regional head, Lucie… more

Forecasts for warmer weather, a stronger dollar and further signs the U.S. consumer is still hurting sent oil prices lower for the fifth straight day.