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Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... ISM non-manufacturing index eased to 56.9 in August from 58.1 in the previous month but remains well into expansion territory and from 41.8 - the first contraction reading since 2009. Curiouser and curiouser. What's curious is that the pick-up in ...

Former energy minister nabs role at investment group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... broader energy sector alike. "CEIG looks forward to ongoing engagement with stakeholders, including the Federal and state/territory governments, NEM market bodies and broader industry representatives as it establishes a permanent structure and an ongoing ...

Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... fifth with 0.4%. Despite this, they still outperformed the Rainmaker MySuper index which dropped further into negative territory at -1.6%. The top three in the personal category were BUSSQ at 1.8%, WA Super at 1.2% and Equip MySuper at 0.8%. Both AustralianSuper ...

JobKeeper extension passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... relates to COVID-19. This will enable the ATO to share certain JobKeeper payment information with Commonwealth, state and territory government agencies to assist them in their efforts to address the impacts of the coronavirus. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... MSCI ACWI dropped by 31.8% over the same period. NPS said such adverse market conditions pushed the fund into negative territory for a period, but rebounded to positive territory at the end of June as a result of its diversification and risk management ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... domestic product (GDP) to return to pre-pandemic levels" and that "Core consumer inflation will hover in slightly negative territory for about three years". Japan's annual core inflation rate stood at zero in July. This is based on Kiuchi's reasoning ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... personal information or investing money. The National Indigenous Consumer Strategy is developed by Commonwealth, States and Territory consumer agencies, to focus efforts in working together to improve outcomes for Indigenous consumers.

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... for inflation expectations, real interest rates, and volatility - Geysen believes the US is actually not in extreme territory. "With our measure, the US is currently within a plus or minus standard error," he said. "Given the low interest rate environment ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... largest state. Queensland even went further by shutting its borders with New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The cycle hit our next-door neighbour New Zealand as well. Just a few days after the world was celebrating and ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... V-shaped bounce in most major economies. Markit Economics data show the US, China and the Eurozone all in expansion territory (above 50) in July. Although Japan's composite PMI remains in contraction in July, it had sharply improved from April's ...