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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... better than market expectations for a 12.4% decline. Export shipments fell in Japan (-23.2%), China (-14.0%), the European Union (-11.4%), the ASEAN (-7.8%) and the United States (-0.7%) but exports to Hong Kong increased by 3.2%.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... "increased uncertainty following the close federal election on July 2 and the shock decision by the UK to leave the European Union on June 24" is how ANZ's head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett explained the sharp 0.8% drop in total job advertisements ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... move was not because of the economy but Brexit. "Against the backdrop of the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union and the slowdown in emerging economies... the bank acted to ""prevent these uncertainties from leading to a deterioration in ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... has actually declined as a share of GDP in 11 of the G20 economies since the GFC with the biggest cutbacks in the European Union, the US, Russia, and Mexico. Canada, Turkey, and South Africa have meanwhile increased investment. McKinsey and Company said ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Construction activity in the Eurozone fell 0.5% during May 2016, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This decrease compared with April 2016 is due to civil engineering falling by 1.9% and building construction by 0.3%. ...

M&A activity impacted by politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The researcher said an uncertain environment in 2016 caused by the UK's referendum on European Union (EU) membership and US elections were political upheavals that have negatively impacted merger and acquisition activit ...

AB fund awarded recommended rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... may also be regarded as quite timely, in light of how the recent result of the UK referendum on membership of the European Union has highlighted continuing volatility in local and global markets." In its report, Zenith said it believed the fund was "uniquely ...

Super funds on track to post positive return this year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... the poor performance of equity markets, especially in the wake of a surprise vote in favour of the UK leaving the European Union. The rolling 12 month return has pushed back into the black from negative returns in January and February. On a longer term ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... time in engaging with the question of Britain's departure and setting this new impulse we want to lend the new European Union," he said, adding that "nothing is worse than uncertainty - and Britain has already had painful experience of this". BOE on ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Further exits from the European Union pose the biggest risk to global markets after the Brexit referendum, according to industry commentators. Following UK voters' decision to leave the European Union on July 24, political figures from Greece, Spain ...