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"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... inventories can be far more complex. For example, firms may run up or run down inventories in anticipation of future sales, supply constraints could affect inventories, or firms may under or over estimate sales in a particular period." This begs the ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... bulk commodities have declined in the past three months. The largest falls in prices have been for iron ore, for which supply has expanded following investment in global capacity, particularly in Australia. Declines in coal prices this year have also ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... pressure: even if you have to wait awhile to see them, movements in unemployment become important too.A Indeed... if labour supply can also vary, you need to consider the wage numbers too." And according to the Financial Times, "He also said that - because ...

ATO considers increasing Bitcoin control

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... currency and money." "The ATO has had to graft Bitcoin into the current tax framework for everyday transactions, such as the supply of goods and services and says it will apply a barter transaction approach if Bitcoin is used as consideration in business ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... wants fixed annuities, but it's not easy. But interest rates are low at the moment. And the other thing is there is no supply of instruments." He also said it was tricky to get consumers to buy annuities without compelling them to do so. Nevertheless ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... orders rose by a higher-than-expected 1.1% in June after a 0.6% decline in May.... and more good US stats. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index jumped to its fastest pace in nine years, to a better-than-expected and a recovery ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... and the easing of other brakes to the recovery. In some major emerging market economies, the negative growth effects of supply-side constraints and the tightening of financial conditions over the past year could be more protracted." But perhaps, perhaps ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... UK manufacturing, construction and services conducted by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising momentum in the labour market. The jobs component of the manufacturing PMI rose to 39-month high in ...

Demographic shift injects growth into healthcare property investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... property expert, who is a member of the Victorian Division Council of the Property Council of Australia, says that the current supply of 'social infrastructure' assets is not sufficient to handle the legions of baby boomers that will need them in the ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... increased the number of those banks that qualifies to the cut) and, as per Bloomberg, "China's new yuan loans and money supply topped estimates in May as the government supports economic growth..." All these measures haven't fully impacted on the economy ...