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Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... increase in economic activity from the September quarter. "There are some positive early signs in the recovery with indicators suggesting that the unwinding of containment measures in the latter part of the June quarter has led to a noticeable recovery ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... business as (near) usual. Just in time for mid-summer, China's first out. The unfreezing of the economy has lifted indicators of economic activity. Let us count the ways: China's GDP expanded by 3.2% in the year to the June quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Sachs. This should stall the fledgling recovery at best... and it may already be underway. "Bloomberg highlighted five indicators of the recent slump: a decline in hours worked in Texas-Florida-Arizona; a leveling off in the percentage of Americans who ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... coronavirus. Many people have lost their jobs and there has been a sharp rise in unemployment," Lowe said. "Leading indicators have generally picked up recently, suggesting the worst of the global economic contraction has now passed. Despite this, the ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... national May home value index results showing the dwelling market declined just 0.4% over the month, and preliminary indicators for June are showing the rate of decline has gathered some momentum. "The Australian housing market is not one market, but ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... analysis prepared by Frontier Advisors principal consultant David Carruthers reveals the basis for investment performance indicators in APRA's MySuper heat map has largely disappeared thanks to the volatility imposed on financial markets by the COVID-19 ...

Platform prototypes compliance capability

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... outliers in documents generated by advice practices (for example in SOAs or ROAs), he said, and tests risk-related indicators such as fee disclosure statements and investment strategies. This includes something as granular as whether a client's money ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... Additionally, the world is starting to see a "striking divergence" of financial markets from the real economy, with financial indicators pointing to stronger prospects of a recovery than real activity suggests. "With few exceptions, the rise in sovereign ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... wave", latest releases out of China would have provided further confirmation of its success against COVID-19. Activity indicators continued to improve: industrial production growth accelerated to 4.4% in the year to May from 3.9% in April and minus 1.1% ...

Research firm bolsters executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... to enable these IFAs and high net-worth investors to easily track, compare and analyse the performance and key risk indicators of each fund, or create model portfolios."