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The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report confirms whatever bias you have on the outlook for interest rates - up, down or unchanged. Those expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates in the foreseeable ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... than 75% of Canada's total exports and over 66% of its imports. This puts at risk the Bank of Canada's (BOC) optimistic outlook for the economy. Exports account for about 30% of Canada's GDP. In its monetary policy meeting of 12th April, the Canadian ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... volatility and ongoing weakness in the retail sector suggests there is still cause to be cautious about the longer-term outlook, particularly as other growth drivers (LNG exports, commodity prices and housing construction) begin to fade. Meanwhile, the ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary wins CBA super mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... capital preservation, two important characteristics investors are seeking in these uncertain times." Commenting on the outlook, Newton Investment Management real return portfolio manager Aron Pataki said: "The unconventional monetary policies we have ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... psychological level roundabout the time of US president Trump's failure to get Obamacare repealed/replaced. In its "World Economic Outlook Update" report released in January this year, the IMF predicted that the global economy would grow from 3.1% in ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... momentum. And it's not happening only in America. The world is turning to be a better place too. The 'Markit Global Business Outlook' - a survey that measures expectations for the year ahead across 12,000 manufacturing and services companies across the ...

Finance and insurance job market strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... the number of employed finance professionals for the start of 2017 is an encouraging sign for the sector's employment outlook." "Not only are there finance roles that need to be filled, new roles have been created - an emerging demand that can be attributed ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... the FOMC's decision to raise the fed funds rate by 25 bps to 0.75%-1.0%, Yellen stressed that: "As always, the economic outlook is highly uncertain, and participants will adjust their assessments of the appropriate path for the federal funds rate in ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... February that, in turn, was largely due to a 28.2% jump in exports to China. This, in itself, is provides a positive growth outlook for China and by extension, the economies largely dependent on it - mainly Asia and Australia. However, domestic demand ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... while GDP was weaker than expected in the December quarter, this is due to temporarily factors and its domestic growth outlook remains positive. Also, "Headline inflation has returned to the target band" and "Longer-term inflation expectations remain ...