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Chief economist update: AUD on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Financial markets view the A$ as a risk currency - it's sold off in times of heightened uncertainty - and has a high growth beta - only bought in times of global prosperity. So Virginia, how do we explain the rise and rise of the Australian dollar ...

Argo Infrastructure posts $9.3m loss, but increases dividends

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... benefits offered by Argo Infrastructure." Interestingly, while Australian shares plummeted more than 23% in the March quarter, the portfolio fell by just 6.5%, assisted by a drop in the Australian dollar. The performance of infrastructure assets varied ...

Super contributions rise despite ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... quarter were $33.6 billion, while lump sum payments out totaled $26.8 billion for the June quarter, up 77.7% from the March quarter due to ERS. Total contributions marked an increase of 17% from the March 2020 quarter ($28.7 billion) but 1.4% less than ...

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... 11.5% in the June quarter (3.2% year-on-year), more than offsetting the 10% contraction (minus 6.8% y-o-y) in the March quarter. More recent reports indicate continued growth in the economy with the Caixin China PMI - composite, manufacturing and services ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... that timeframe. The annual growth in real total wages jumped to 2.6% in the June quarter from only 0.03% in the March quarter. That's a lotta dinero that would go towards consumer spending that, by extension, should avert a deeper recession. However ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... sectors, both key foreign exchange earners." Unlike its peers, New Zealand's unemployment rose to just 4.2% in the March quarter - a one-year high - before easing back to 4% in the June quarter. This should reverse the 1.3% quarter on quarter drop ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... the annual inflation rate down from plus 2.2% (almost at the mid-point of the RBA's 2%-3% target band) in the March quarter to minus 0.3% by the end of the June quarter - only the third time Australia has been in deflation. "The previous times were ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... while Victoria ranked first on economic growth and construction works done. Economic activity in Victoria in the March quarter was 26.5% above its decade-average level of output, ahead of Western Australia with an output of 22.7% above the norm. Tasmania ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... 11.5% in the June quarter (3.2% year-on-year), more than offsetting the 10.0% contraction (minus 6.8% y-o-y) in the March quarter. Activity measures - retail sales; fixed asset investment; industrial production - have sequentially improved since their ...

AIA Australia appoints behavioural economics lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... taking a significant hit from the previous year's profits of $759 million, according to APRA statistics for March quarter.