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Gloomy China September trade data raises fears recovery may be faltering
BEIJING (Oct 13): China's September exports fell 10% from a year earlier, far worse than expected, while imports unexpectedly shrank after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world's second-largest economy may be short-lived
October 13, 2016
Global investor confidence for Sept rises, driven by Asia and North America
SINGAPORE (Sept 28): Institutional investors appear to be more confident as the State Street Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for September rose 5.8 points to 95.5, driven by increases in the Asian ICI and North American ICI.
September 28, 2016
Population growth is distorting GDP growth numbers
SINGAPORE (Aug 29): DBS economist David Carbon has reiterated what former Minneapolis Fed president Kocherlakota said in his recent commentary, that the difference in population growth among countries have distorted the perception of which countries are p
August 29, 2016
Broker's Calls
Time to hit pause on IREIT Global?
SINGAPORE (Aug 12): DBS Vickers Securities is downgrading IREIT Global from “buy” to “hold” with an unchanged price target of 77 cents.
August 12, 2016
Global investor risk aversion surges with geopolitical turmoil
SINGAPORE (July 27): July’s State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) results have revealed that global investor confidence has fallen to 98 points, which is 7.7 points lower from June’s revised reading of 105.7.
July 27, 2016
Low interest rates new norm for global economy: Nobel economist Paul Krugman
SINGAPORE (July 20): The world is headed for another decade of low inflation and even lower interest rates, says Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman.
July 20, 2016
SIA to face earnings headwinds from European unrest
SINGAPORE (July 19): UOB Kay Hian is maintaining its “hold” recommendation on Singapore Airlines (SIA) with a marginally reduced target price of $11.50 from $11.60 previously, on the political and social unrest that has been plaguing Europe in recent
July 19, 2016