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Chief economist update: Wall Street wails on inflation indications

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
"Be careful what you wish for." It's a well-known truism in the current economic cycle that the world's major central banks (the BOE excluded) have been wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin' for inflation to climb to their target rates. It appears ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
First, the good news: The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) latest update on the country's labour market confirmed the continued strengthening in the labour market. Total employment increased by 34,700 in the month of December -- more than twice ...

Financial advice crucial to industry fund members: Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
More than 3000 Cbus members have been paired with a Certified Financial Planner under an advice program run in conjunction with the Financial Planning Association. The industry superannuation fund is further encouraging its members to embrace financial ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world..." -- Louis Armstrong Yes Virginia, if the strong performance of most major equity markets around the world is any indication, 2018 will ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
A new MetLife survey reveals almost 75% of working Australians are aware they have insurance within their superannuation and have actually reviewed it. The life insurer surveyed more than 1500 employees aged between 18 and 64-years-old, aiming to understand ...

No big deal or not yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Perhaps 'twas because of the Thanksgiving holiday or it could be that everybody and their dogs were busy gearing up for the Black Friday sale that the big drop in China's stock market last Thursday got just a little hoo-ha last week. Even the S&P/ASX ...

Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Fresh data out of China suggests that the central government and the central bank's efforts to reduce liquidity in the system are starting to have an impact. China's M2 money supply went up by 8.8% in the year to October after rising by 9.2% in the ...

Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
It lags the US non-farm payrolls report but the US JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... six-hour examination, recent results from the CFA Institute shows. Of the 63,281 global candidates who took the mid-year Level I sitting (also offered in December) only 43% passed, while 47% of the 56,937 candidates who undertook Level II passed the ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...