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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... should help reverse the two-month erosion in consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 in March and 101.3 in February. US CPI inflation Back to back disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... "...a disappointing result" is how Westpac chief economist Bill Evans described the latest reading from its consumer sentiment survey. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month low of 95.1 in April from 99.1 ...

Good tidings sway RBA to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... September, unchanged from August. Consumer confidence has also recovered. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose by 4.2% to 97.8 in October from 93.9 in September. While still below 100 (optimists outnumber pessimists), the ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment and the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey are due out. And in Brisbane, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... prices. Instead we, Australians all, should be happy because we're happi-er. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index jumped by 6.4% in May to 102.4 points - the first time since February that optimists outnumbered pessimists (above 100 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... the latest figure to indicate weakness in the world's top economy, following last week's soft retail sales, consumer sentiment and industrial production figures. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by Spark New Zealand and paced by Sky City Entertainment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... production fell 0.3 per cent in April, the fifth straight month of decline, while the University of Michigan's US consumer sentiment index plummeted to 88.6 in May from 95.9 in April. That came after figures last week showed the US producer price index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... April, the fifth straight month of decline, according to Federal Reserve data. The University of Michigan's US consumer sentiment index plummeted to 88.6 in May from 95.9 in April. Offsetting these data were the pullback in the US dollar and US Treasury ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... the A$ dropping from a high of US$0.9505 over the past 12 months to US$0.7679 currently. No wonder Australian consumer sentiment is sliding again and business confidence remains less than half the measured mood 12 months ago. Now comes this... and just ...

Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... the last 10-15 years." While other indicators such as a slowing in demand for natural resources and subdued consumer sentiment point to a changing backdrop for Australian corporate earnings, dividend policy has broadly remained unchanged. He said that ...