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China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... necessary to achieve Premier Li Keqiang's 7.5% economic growth target. Not that the economy needs it, but just in case. China's GDP has already begun to accelerate from the 7.4% annual pace in the first quarter to 7.5% in the June quarter, thanks to ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... comfort to investors, however. "Economic growth is not closely linked to equity performance, we've seen that in China where GDP has grown faster than anywhere in the world but the market has been one of the poorest performers," he said. "The big question ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... security and anti-propaganda. According to http://www.usgovernmentspending.com, "Defense spending stood at 6.8 percent of GDP at the height of the Reagan defense buildup. But, beginning even before the breakup of the Soviet Union it began a decline ...

Financial services export industry must rival iron ore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... sector. According to Cooper, if Australia can increase its funds management exports to the same level as Hong Kong by 2023/24, GDP would increase by $4.2 billion by 2029-30 and around 10,000 additional jobs would be created. There would also be significant ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... reassessing if continuing strong growth momentum is closing the slack in the economy - recently estimated to be around 1% to 1.5% of GDP -- fast enough... for if they misjudge the slack, they'll be the ones accused of slacking. Yes Virginia, slack would ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... "government projections show that the means tested Age Pension costs over the next 50 years is not in itself a problem (2.7% to 3.7% GDP). However, when combined with aged care and health costs, the total costs increase from 7.6% to 13.3% GDP." The government ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... No surprises too on the latest US economic scorecard, if anything it was an upside surprise. The first estimate of US real GDP showed growth jumping to an annualised rate of 4.0% in the June quarter - stronger than consensus expectations for a 3.1% lift ...

It's all about the US week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... (30 July), but it'll be on that very day when we'll know for sure whether the big 2.9% annualised drop in US first quarter GDP would be followed by a strong rebound in the June quarter. Consensus expectations centre on 3.1% jump in the second quarter ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... company earnings, because of positive economic reports out of the US - industrial production and Beige Book - and China - GDP accelerated to a better-than-expected 7.5% in the June quarter from 7.4% in the first (Li got what Li likes). Because, because. ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... the impact was much more severe. Reinhart and Rogoff suggest that the average cost of a banking crisis is a decline in real GDP per person of 9 per cent and a 7 percentage point increase in unemployment. The equivalent impact on the Australian economy ...