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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... month indicates that optimists continue to outnumber pessimists (100 is the break-even point). More than this, WBC chief economist Bill Evans noted in the press release that, "Consumer Sentiment has been remarkably stable for the last six months. Over ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... be involved with the plenary session with Graham Rich, dean of PortfolioConstruction Forum & Stephen Halmarick, chief economist at CFS Global Asset Management and the focus session with AFA Adviser of the Year, David Reed. The AFA 2016 National Adviser ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... apartments, townhouses and units dropped by 17.3% in July following increases in May and June. According to HIA chief economist Harley Dale, "The overall trend decline in new home sales is accelerating, signalling a relatively sharp drop (from a record ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... efficacy of negative rates in japan and we may have already reached that economic lower bound," she said. QIC chief economist Matthew Peter argues that once again we have seen a revision back to fiscal policy in Japan, something which alone won't deliver ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... relative to trend three to nine months ahead - improved from -0.15% in June to -0.12% last month. According to WBC chief economist Bill Evans, "While the growth rate of the Index remains below zero, indicating a continuation of the below trend momentum ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... with Brexit). Even the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.38%, a big gain from RBS' predicted 10-20% correction. According to 'The Economist magazine, equities are the only game in town because "the returns in cash and bonds are pretty dismal". Let me add moral hazard ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... sub-index eased by 0.7% over the month but remains 11.5% higher compared with the same month in 2015. However, Westpac chief economist Bill Evans noted that, "The response to this development has been much more muted than we saw in May when the Bank ...

ANZ names chief economist

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
ANZ has promoted Richard Yetsenga as the bank's chief economist following a temporary five months in the role. Yetsenga was appointed as acting chief economist in March following the departure of Warren Hogan. Yetsenga joined ANZ in 2011, and prior ...

Multi-asset fund launches on ASX

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... the ASX. Naeimi, AMP Capital's head of dynamic markets, and Oliver, the firm's head of investment strategy and chief economist, established the fun in 2011 to meet the needs of investors concerned about achieving their investment goals in the face of ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...