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No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The great quantitative easing experiment has escaped the high levels of inflation that many experts predicted it would bring, but it has also failed to bring much growth, says Janus Capital chief investment officer of equities and asset allocation Enrique ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... an overnight rise in base metal prices, is a sign of profit taking after several days of gains, Patersons Securities economist Tony Farnham said. "It's had a good run up; people have said, `now's an opportunity to realise some of those profits'," he ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... up the difference. This plays very well in accord with the "permanent income hypothesis" formulated by Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman. More full-time jobs brings about expectations of more permanent income that, in turn, encourages spending ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... implement reforms that will ensure sustainable growth in the long run," the World Bank said. The World Bank's chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific region, Sudhir Shetty, said many risks remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short ...

AMP chief economist says housing future messy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... yields compared to all other assets except bank deposits and government bonds. This is the view of AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver, who recently penned an analysis on Australian home prices and interest rates. "The gross rental yield on housing ...

ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
ASIC is investigating a suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25%. The Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday ...

Experts urge govt to do more to boost infra investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Governments should take advantage of low interest rates to finance productive infrastructure and 'de-risk' greenfield projects to make them more attractive to private investors. That was one of the conclusions at a recent roundtable discussion hosted ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... market, low interest rates have thus far failed to stoke Australia's "animal spirits". Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake says it best: "Albert Einstein is supposed to have said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... four months. The new economic data make a faster rate hike by the Fed "a little bit more likely," said Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial. LONDON - Eurozone markets mostly pushed higher on encouraging economic signals. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index ...