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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... growth momentum is strengthening for its consumers are spending. In Economics 101, we were taught that gross domestic product (GDP) - the value of final goods and services produced in a country at a given time - is derived by the summation of C+I+G+ ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Australia and expected to grow more than 10% faster than global gross domestic product. Agriculture and related activities comprise about 12% of Australia's GDP, more than double the US, and is expected to generate ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... whole phrase containing 17 words was lifted from: "Looking ahead, the FOMC expects moderate growth in real gross domestic product (GDP), additional strengthening in the labor market, and inflation rising to 2 percent over the next few years. Based on ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... research, the not-for-profit sector contributed about $43 billion to the national economy, or more than 2% of gross domestic product (GDP). While this is a significant amount, it is relatively half the amount in the more mature US market where the not-for-profits ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... the first time last May that the services sector makes up more than half of the Chinese economy: 51.6% of gross domestic product. In financial services there, the opportunities are huge. Australia has a strong, experienced financial sector, where China ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... revenue is broadly flat year-on-year at $22.5 billion. That figure represents 1.3% of Australia's total gross domestic product or $2,000 per super fund member. While the average fee across the whole market was 1.16%, there are nevertheless variations ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... member Procter & Gamble sank 4.0 per cent after reporting the sixth straight quarter of declining sales. US gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 2.3 per cent in the April-June period, slightly below the 2.5 per cent consensus estimate. ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... economy". As for growth, seven years ago when the Shanghai composite index was trading at these levels, China's gross domestic product was US$3.49 trillion (2008), last year it was at US$9.25 trillion. They've also done a lotta market-oriented reforms ...

Banks lead Australian market lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... terms of selling in high-yield stocks yesterday, and it's carried through today." Mr Le Brun said GDP (gross domestic product) figures released on Wednesday had not had a great impact on the market. Australia's economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the March ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... were up 1.9 per cent, and copper and gold prices also gained ground. Locally on Wednesday, March quarter gross domestic product figures are due out and the Australian Industry Group releases its Australian Performance of Services Index for May. In Australia ...