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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Australia performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index bounced back into expansion territory with a reading of 50.9 in October after two months of contraction (below 50) - 46.9 in August 49.8 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in September - in line with market expectations - following similar gains in the previous two months. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% (from up 0.5% in August) ...

Alphinity funds added to mFund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
Alphinity Investment Management has added three managed funds to the ASX's mFund offering. In a bid to increase retail investors' accessibility to Alphinity products, the investment manager has made available the Alphinity Australian Share Fund, the ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The US economy just recorded its fastest rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better ...

Infrastructure critical for super returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... Australia lacks an adequate stock of public infrastructure needed to provide necessary services to meet current requirements of a fast growing population," the report said. "A shortfall in public infrastructure is consistent with an unmet demand for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
Australia export and import prices When the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the June quarter National Accounts last September, one notable piece of information was the bureau's mention that "The Terms of trade increased by 2.3% in seasonally ...

Succession planning placed on the backburner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
Financial planning and accounting businesses are all too regularly ignoring the need for quality exit and succession plans, according to chief executive of Connect Financial Service Brokers, Paul Tynan. Tynan has observed a growing number of practitioners ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
US Markit manufacturing PMI Markit's preliminary estimates show that activity in the US manufacturing sector accelerated to a reading of 53.2 in October from 51.5 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since October last year and is sharply ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Australia employment The heading of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report says it all, "Shift to part-time employment continues". Overall employment fell by 9,800 in September following an 8,600 decline in August ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Australia leading index The future's looking good for Australia. This is the indication from the latest reading of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity. The six month annualised growth rate in the index - "which indicates ...