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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... generate additional increases in employment and a rise in inflation to our 2 per cent objective. Although the economic outlook, as always, is uncertain, I currently see the risks to the outlook for economic activity and the labour market as very close ...

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... China are likely to translate into lacklustre equity market returns in 2016, according to Australian Unity Investments' outlook for the year ahead. The fund manager's chief executive David Bryant said all indications point to markets being in for more ...

iSelect nixes Providence takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... method of returning capital to shareholders," said iSelect chair Chris Knoblanche. "Our strong balance sheet and positive outlook for the business have helped to create this opportunity to consolidate the company's capital base for the benefit of all ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... be aligned with initiatives that are seen as innovative or supporting start-ups. Giving views on 2015 and his 12-month outlook, Casali said Turnbull's innovation statement was yet to play out "but there are some really interesting initiatives there that ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... filled in transforming Australia's fiscal growth according to a chief economist. Providing his global economic and market outlook at a media briefing yesterday, Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ...

PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... attend the firm's annual Secular Forum in May of each year, where PIMCO's investment professionals discuss the economic outlook and its implications for markets over the next three to five years. "The Global Advisory Board is an unrivalled team of macroeconomic ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... their revenue shortfall caused by the cheaper price of crude. And then, there's the matter of the weak global economic outlook.

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... message would the ECB intimate to financial markets if it goes all out on its assault? That the Eurozone economy and its outlook are worse than many are expecting? But it is not according to the ECB's new forecasts. Eurozone GDP is expected to grow by ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... activity, members shared the recognition that the economy continued to recover moderately" and that, "In terms of the outlook for prices, most members shared the view that (1) as the underlying trend in inflation steadily rose and the effects of the ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face," he said. "Basically the outlook is one of concern and it is basically on the nature of the promises made. The adverse effect of low interest rates on the ...