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Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... continue to be pleasantly surprised by just how upbeat the business sector is, given the context of a fairly beleaguered household sector that has been weighed down by limited wages growth and record levels of debt." These are the printed words of NAB ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... 54%. Among Australians aged 85 plus the proportion of women rockets to 63%. The implications for aged care planning, household structures and retirement income product designs will be significant. Australia's population doubled in the past 50 years and ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... play. "Solid outcomes from the NAB Monthly Business Survey signal a divergence in conditions between the business and household sectors of the economy. How the disparity resolves itself will be critical to the outlook for growth. Optimists might point ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... the other sectors of the economy that needs stimulating. However, it's not that simple. Even abstracting from the high household indebtedness linked to housing, a sharp slowdown in the property market has wide negative implications for the Australian ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... to Chinese corporates, shrink corporate earnings causing a fall in the stock market, eroding business, investor and household confidence. But nah! China's financial markets didn't give it two hoots. The Shanghai Composite index went up by 0.1% on the ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... While funds may already have a wealth of member information, it's likely they haven't considered (non-super) average household income and assets, health status or risk preferences. "There's only one way a fund can learn it: by asking members...Super ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... has a strategic asset allocation of 6% to infrastructure, with $2 billion in infrastructure investments managed by AMP Capital and Super Investment Management (a subsidiary of REST). According to REST Industry Super general manager, investments, Brendan ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... attention to superannuation and housing affordability, Morrison made mention of the 80% of Australia's $2.1 trillion household debt held in mortgages, and noted the Australian households are now the fourth most indebted in the OCED as a share of income. ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... in the short-term. The 5.0% drop in imports provides an outright negative indication for it confirms the weak/slowing household consumption (which accounts for more than 60% of the economy) in the domestic economy. Recall the earlier ABS released that ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... manufacturers and to +29% (from +18%) among service companies. Business investment intentions. More companies expect to increase capital spending - up to +11 in February from +9 in October - hire more staff with February's net balance of +14 being the ...