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Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018

... growth and the three other quarters." CNBC quoted Tom Stark - manager of the Real-Time Data Research Centre at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - observing that "Q1 GDP growth tends to be the lowest of the four quarters" and the Brent Moulton ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018

... 2005, Alan Greenspan remarked that: "Long-term interest rates have trended lower in recent months even as the Federal Reserve has raised the level of the target federal funds rate by 150 basis points. This development contrasts with most experience ...

Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018

... and numbers and stats but instead anecdotal evidence on the state of the US economy. They are compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank's in each of 12 Federal Districts and is published approximately two weeks before the Fed's FOMC meeting. Speculators speculating ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018

... director Sonja Gibbs said wage growth in the US may have catalysed the selloff, reinforcing the narrative that the Federal Reserve may need to raise rates more aggressively. They said that "rising global bond yields have arguably been the underlying ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017

... extension, inflation. Oxford Economics estimate the US NAIRU at 4.3%, the OECD has it at 4.9% and closer the home, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis places both the short- and long-term natural rate of unemployment at 4.74% in the fourth quarter ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017

... was the head of global foreign exchange for Merrill Lynch and a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Earlier this year, he received a Companion of the Order of Australia for advancing the Australia-New Zealand ...

Global fund manager names new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017

... tools. Prior to joining the firm, she was a principal at Mercer Investment Consulting, and before that, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017

... results from the University of Michigan survey of consumers, "as well as a survey of consumers carried out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, do hint that expectations may have slipped a bit over the past two or three years. If so, stabilising ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017

... China at 17.1% of total - more than its historical biggest trading partners Canada (14.5%) and Mexico (12.0%). The Federal Reserve Board was correct (back then), the correlation between US and Chinese inflation was loose at best right through 2006 but ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017

... Committee's Policy Normalization Principles and Plans, lays out the details: "For payments of principal that the Federal Reserve receives from maturing Treasury securities, the Committee anticipates that the cap will be $6 billion per month initially ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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