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Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... rising cases in NSW and the early part of the subsequent lockdowns both there and in other states", the latest NAB business survey revealed both conditions and confidence taking a hit. Business confidence nearly halved to +11 in June from +20 in May. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... distance from the inflation and employment objectives. However, the board is responding to the stronger-than-expected economic recovery and the improved outlook by adjusting the weekly amount purchased." In the US, market action was dominated by the ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... members to The New Daily achieves two objectives. It improves financial literacy... and it improves engagement," Silk said. A survey of AustralianSuper members who had been subscribed to the publication found that most had read its financial content ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Australian economic and survey releases over the past week continued to paint a picture of a strengthening recovery. However, the rosy results preceded the outbreak of the Delta variant that prompted lockdowns and/or tightened restrictions in major ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... returns in a low-yield environment. Some major concerns for Australian investors as they look to the future are slow economic recovery (44%), low interest rates (42%) and market volatility (40%). However, one of the biggest unforeseen challenges is managing ...

Real estate AUM recovers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... up well in the face of the pandemic, thanks in part to Australia's effective response to COVID-19 and the subsequent economic rebound, but also importantly reflecting the Australian real estate sector's strong, long-term underlying fundamentals," ANREV ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... finding employment. And why the heck wouldn't Australians see the glass more than half-full? Not when the NAB business survey found that business conditions rose to a fresh record high reading of +37 in May, from what were then all-time highs of ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... superannuation system. In a paper, they argued that the hot residential property market is at the expense of broader economic stability. UNSW researchers Hal Pawson, Bill Randolph and Fatemeh Aminpour partnered with Duncan Maclennan and Jinqiao Long ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Using the same measure, this beats the US's 0.4% GDP expansion over the same one-year period, and far and away from economic contractions in the Eurozone (-1.8%), Japan (-1.8), and the United Kingdom (-6.1%). There'll always be dissenters but ...

Rich investors not worried about low rates: Citi

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... high-net-worth investors are optimistic despite low interest rates. The research shows only 1% of HNWs were negative about the economic outlook, while 49% were positive and 40% were neutral. More than half (54%) were more concerned about COVID-19's impact ...