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Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... -4.8 in January), the flash estimate of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -5.0. This is higher than market expectations for a -5.7 print and ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... addition of 16,000 staff for February. These are rational expectations given the lead from recent business and consumer confidence outcomes. "The February NAB Monthly Business Survey gave back the surprisingly strong gains seen in the previous month ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... RBA statement, "Conditions in the global economy have continued to improve over recent months. Business and consumer confidence have both picked up" and this "has contributed to higher commodity prices, which are providing a boost to Australia's national ...

Landmark advice reforms pass Senate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... industry was overwhelming in its support of the Senate passing two significant reforms aimed at strengthening consumer confidence in the financial planning and life insurance sectors. Both pieces of legislation were passed unchallenged in the Senate ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... According to the RBA statement: "Conditions in the global economy have improved over recent months. Business and consumer confidence have both picked up" and this "has contributed to higher commodity prices, which are providing a boost to Australia's ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Economic, business and consumer confidence in the single currency area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from ...

Brexit beginning to bite?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... year to December. However, the December retail sales report is inconsistent with the latest improvement in UK consumer confidence and the economic composite indicator as well as the country's low unemployment rate and rising wage growth.

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... happy. Preliminary estimates show that the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer confidence indicator for the euro area improved to a reading of -4.9 in January from -5.1 in the previous month. While a tad below market ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... resources into adapting to those changes," Fahy said. "Constant change and increased complexity undermines consumer confidence in the super system." ASFA has recommended that no further adverse changes be made to superannuation tax provisions or to the ...

AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... resourced, so we are well-equipped to deal with these legislative changes." Bineham said the ultimate goal is for consumer confidence in the financial advice industry to be regained. "We know existing clients are well served by their advisers and are ...