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US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... sequential decline since the 5.4% expansion recorded in January this year. The lead from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index offers no reprieve. US consumer confidence weakened for the second straight month in May - down to 117.9 from 119.4 ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... growth in the economy has stalled - lacklustre growth in employment; negative real wages growth; weakening consumer confidence and retail spending; renewed falls in commodity prices - and continued buoyancy in the property market. The just-released RBA ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... surprising given the decline in real wages - down 0.3% in the year to March. Gauging from the details of the April consumer confidence survey (43.2 from 43.9 in March), Japanese workers are not expecting growth in wages at least over the next six months ...

AI to influence consumer trust: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... Medcraft believes that considering such measures before implementing automated services will help to grow consumer confidence, and those businesses that don't will soon realise their failings. "Crowds trust others in the crowd, and they're becoming increasingly ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... from a high of 12.1% for years ago to 9.5% (March 2017) - the lowest rate in 8 years that, in turn lifted consumer confidence to its best level July 2007 (pre-GFC, pre-Grexit and PIGS, pre-European sovereign debt crisis days). The latest IHS Markit Flash ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... are expected to be more "permanent" than their part-time counterparts. Incidentally, the latest reads showed consumer confidence fell to 98 in May from 99 in April while retail sales contracted in the months of February and March. The recent update on ...

Increased APRA levies provide regulator with more power

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Federal Government to strengthen its financial literacy program. The funding is intended to promote investor and consumer confidence, trust and participation in the financial system through information resources, tools and guidance. The proposed funding ...

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... jump in civil engineering and a 6.2% increase in building construction. While this stat is dated, more recent consumer confidence readings portend continued growth underpinnings. The DG-ECFIN's preliminary estimate of consumer confidence rose to a reading ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... there is no doubt that many advisers perceive the recent, ongoing media coverage of the sector has weakened consumer confidence in, and demand for life insurance," she said. "In such an environment, it's important that we harness the stories of the many ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... it's the year 2000 for they have not been this optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous month (itself, revised up from an initial reading ...