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News in Brief
Oil extends gains on US recovery hopes
Al'P, Singapore
Oil advanced further in Asian trade Monday, still cheered on by data showing the US economy contracted at a slower-(han-expected pace in the second quarter, ana-lystssaid.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, rose 1.07 dollars to 70.52 dollars a barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for September delivery advanced 85 cents to 72.55 dollars.
Both contracts had closed higher Friday, buoyed by data from the Commerce Department that showed the US economy shrank at an annualised rate of 1.0 percent in the three months to June.
That was less than the 1.5 percent contraction most analysts had expected, renewing hopes that the world’s biggest economy was likely recovering from a recession that began in December 2007.
The United States is the world's number one energy user and any improvement in its economy is seen as a boost to oil demand, which in turn lends support to crude futures prices.
Top US administration officials said Sunday that economic growth was highly likely to resume in the second half of the year and President Barack Obama's massive 787-billion-dollar stimulus plan was working.
"A very great likelihood, and this is what most professional forecasters say, is that we ll see growth going forward in the second half of this year," White House economic adviser Larry Summers said in an interview with NBC television.
Singapore's OCBC says
Q2 net profit up 10pc
AFP, Singapore
Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said Monday net profit rose 10 percent in the second quarter on the back of growing income as business picks up from the global economic slump.
For the three months to June, OCBC made a net profit of 466 million Singapore dollars (323.57 million US), up from 425 million dollars a year ago, the Singapore bank said.
The results exceeded average market expectations of 387 million dollars for the period, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll of seven analysts.
"There is growing consensus that the worst is over for the global economy and global financial markets, but the pace of the recovery remains uncertain," chief executive David Conner said.
"We will continue to be disciplined and prudent as we strive to grow our customer businesses in our key markets," he said.
During the April-June period, OCBC earned net interest income of 710 million dollars, up five percent year on year while non-interest income increased 37 percent to 494 million dollars, the bank said.
It also set aside 104 million dollars in allowances for loans and impairments of other assets, up from 55 million dollars last year but significantly down from 197 million dollars in the first quarter.
OCBC, one of three Singapore lenders, is the first to release its second quarter financial results.
US officials see economic growth in second half
AFP, New York
Top US administration officials said on Sunday that economic growth is highly likely to resume in the second half of the year, but warned of "hard choices" to contain rising deficits once recovery is assured.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would not rule out higher taxes in the future, telling ABC television: "We're going to have to do what is necessary."
Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers went on the Sunday television talk shows to make the case that President Barack Obama's economic stimulus program was gaining traction despite rising unemployment and worries about the US deficit.
"A ver)’ great likelihood, and this is what most professional forecasters say, is that we'll see growth going forward in the second half of this year," Summers said in an interview with NBC television.
Their prognosis was backed by former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, who told ABC the worst US financial crisis in a half a century was "not quite" over, "but we're getting there.”
S Korean July inflation at nine-year low
AFP, Seoul
South Korea's annual inflation rate fell in July to its lowest level in more than nine years thanks to cheaper oil prices, official figures showed Monday.
The National Statistics Office said the consumer price index rose 1.6 percent compared with July 2008, when a surge in world oil prices caused inflation to rocket to 5.9 percent.
Prices inched up 0.4 percent month-on-month.
"The 20.9 percent negative growth for products like gasoline, diesel and kerosene checked potential price gains caused by seasonal factors," said Song Seong-1 leon, head of the office's price statistics division.