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Treasurer launches new financial system inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... the broader Financial System Inquiry, Morrison said. It follows from the review of the major banks, which wrapped up in March. The Customer Owned Banking Association said fast-tracking the inquiry has been a top priority for mutual banks, credit unions ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... week's AiG PMI report show increasing expansion in the sectors it surveys - manufacturing up to 59.2 in April from 57.5 in March; services up to 53.0 from 51.7; construction up to 51.9 from 51.2. And just yesterday, we received more indications that ...

Super associations unite to warn against 'political panel'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... to inform decision making, and holding the panel publicly accountable for its decisions. In the draft report published in March, the Productivity Commission recommended a number of changes to the current default fund system and took aim at both industry ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... "International Trade in Goods and Services". The numbers show that the country's trade surplus narrowed by 15% to A$3.1 billion in March from an upwardly revised A$3.7 billion in the previous month as imports rose (5%) by more than exports (2%) over ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... quarter. China's official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) manufacturing PMI fell to a reading of 51.2 in April from 51.8 in March. While this marked the 9th consecutive month of above 50 readings (expansion), it missed market expectations for a slight ...

HSBC rolls out Apple Pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... Australia. Apple Pay has partnered with 50 banks and card issuers including ING, American Express, Macquarie and ANZ. In March, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission denied the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, National Australia ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... not. Not if you consider that the twin of the RBA's twin mandate is not so supportive. The unemployment rate was at 5.9% in March, its highest level since January 2016, and employment growth remained a paltry 1.2% in the year to March. The slack in the ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... fourth quarter of 2016 from 1.4% in the third and 1.1% in the second - and while the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7% in March from 6.6% in the previous month, it had been on trend decline since peaking at a three-year high of 7.2% in February last ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... better than market expectations for a dip to 56.2 buoyed by improvement in both services (up to 57.7 in April from 57.5 in March) and manufacturing (55.1 from 53.3). On the other hand, a Le Pen victory would introduce fresh uncertainty, not only for ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... expectations for ¥575.8 billion surplus, Japan's trade balance showed that the surplus decreased to ¥614.7 billion in March from ¥813.4 billion in the previous month and 17.4% less than March 2016's surplus of ¥744.9 billion. This is because Japan ...