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May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... level in 15-years - suggesting an improvement in the official employment report for April; Consumer spending gained 0.4% in March (3.0% year-on-year) following a 0.2% increase in the previous month. The bigger-than-expected 0.7% increase (2.6% year-on-year) ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... since January this year and is 6.5% up from the US$0.7533 touched about the same time as the greenback hit its highs in March. Now, not only are speculations of delayed Fed action bumping our currency, commodity prices - in particular, iron ore and crude ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... parties. (As of the submissions cut-off date in February 2015, 137 were received.) Trowbridge's final report, released in March, contains 11 recommendations to lift the standard of Australian life insurance advice. Six are policy-oriented; the other ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% target. The more up-to-date Markit flash Japan manufacturing PMI - 49.7 in April from 50.3 in March - confirms the weakening momentum in the economy. To wit: "The latest index was the lowest seen since April of last year ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... low in April, the latest data to show the world's No.2 economy slowing. The reading of 49.2 is down from the 49.6 seen in March and well below the 50 break-even point. The result led higher on hopes the Chinese authorities will introduce more monetary ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... 21.07 (0.42 per cent) at 5,035.17. Total sales of used homes jumped 6.1 per cent to an annual rate of 5.19 million units in March, the fastest pace in 18 months, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Dow member Boeing fell 1.4 ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... index of consumer prices (HICP) hit zero percent in February and March and the annual core inflation rate slowed to 1.0% in March from 1.2% in the previous month and 1.4% in January -expectations that headline inflation could turn temporarily negative ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... and counting (24 April) equals Grexit equals contagion equals bad. US annual core inflation rate accelerated to 1.8% in March from 1.7% in February from 1.6% in January and December equals more Fed impatience equals sooner-than-later lift-off equals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Whitehaven Coal was up 3.5 cents at $1.575 after increasing its full year production target by 200,000 tonnes after a boost in March quarter production. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 55 cents at $92.46, National Australia Bank had lost ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... wonderful set of numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that some 37,700 Australians found employment in March - more than double the expected 15,000 addition and follows the 41,900 blokes and shielas that gained employment in February. ...