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Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... from the shock of the announcement just before the December survey that the economy contracted by 0.5%" (the National Accounts were released on 6 December). For sure, this factored into the consumers' perception that sent the index down 3.9% in the month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... June. That turned out to be highly optimistic. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) latest National Accounts update showed the Australian economy contracted by 0.5% instead - the first quarterly drop since the 0.2% fall registered ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... Australia export and import prices When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the June quarter National Accounts last September, one notable piece of information was the bureau's mention that "The Terms of trade increased by 2.3% in seasonally ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... a full-year, China will (surprise surprise) achieve its 2016 growth target of 6.5% - 7.0%. The third quarter National Accounts scorecard came along with other data showing stable growth in the economy. Retail sales increased by 10.7% in the year to September ...

Perpetual appoints distribution GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... Perpetual Investments' head of wholesale business, having joined Perpetual in 2012. Prior to that, he was head of national accounts and research at NAB Asset Management and held a consulting position at Count Financial. He has also held senior roles ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... wholesale and retail warrant close monitoring - particularly in light of disappointing consumption growth in the Q2 National Accounts. Trading conditions and profitability have been the main drivers of elevated business conditions, but while both of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... export shipments dropped by 11.4% over the past 12 months while imports grew by 15.4%. However, the country's National Accounts indicate that the economy could be becoming less reliant on external trade. Despite the widening trade gap and 15 straight ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... able to assist them further with their investment processes," BetaShares director of institutional business and national accounts, Vinnie Wadhera, said. "The feedback led us to develop a modular service whereby an adviser can use as little or as much ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... in recession for as long as they remember. The All Ordinaries index dropped by 1.0% on the day the Australian National Accounts were released and another 0.8% the next for good measure. Never mind that the March quarter numbers take the domestic economy's ...