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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... personal income has slowed from 4.6% in March to 4.4% in April to 4.0% in May - the slowest rate since March last year. Consumer spending rose by 0.4% in the month of May - as expected - following an outsized 1.1% surge in the previous month. But similar ...

Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... degree in financial planning will professionalise the industry, with a further 49.4% believing it will improve the confidence of consumers in seeking financial advice. Close to three in four (74.3%) believe that a 24-subject bachelor's degree with a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... monthly gains of 2.9% in both February and March. Year-on-year, total building approvals increased by 0.7% US consumer confidence The strong gain in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Australia consumer confidence The drop sparks a rise. There is no doubt that the 8.5% jump in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index to 103.2 points in May - the highest level since January 2014 - had been mainly a result of the Reserve ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... everything in its power to detect and take action against those who break the law, to ensure consumers can have trust and confidence in our financial markets and financial services industry. This report highlights our strong recent enforcement record ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... increased purchases of capital goods (5.6%), non-oil products (4.8%) and intermediate goods (2.5%). South Korea consumer confidence Consumer confidence among South Koreans improved to a reading of 100 - an equal number of optimists and pessimists - in ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... expected to move even lower. Another "de"-flation risk is the ominous indication from fresh data that showed consumer confidence decreased by 0.6 points to minus 6.3 in January - below expectations for an unchanged minus 5.7 reading. More pessimistic ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... of the Fed's last five rate hikes on the economy - unemployment rate, inflation, average hourly earnings, consumer confidence - and the financial markets - US dollar, S&P 500 index, MSCI world index - and concluded that, "In truth, little is known about ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... revised lower from 3.2% to 3.0% in the September quarter, what happens when it declines by more? The latest consumer confidence out last night - down to 90.4 in November from 99.1 - is a worry for much of the sharp decline was due to consumer pessimism ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... about adding to staffing levels. But we don't need our imaginations for this, the Conference Board's latest consumer confidence survey -- the index dropped to 97.6 in October from 102.6 in the previous month (downwardly revised from 103.0) - shows that ...