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Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... increased to 31.7% from 26.9%. With these came more respondents expecting higher income - 21.5% in March from 19.2% in February - and less anticipating falls in income - 7.0 % from 8.1%. Underwriting this booming confidence is, of course, US President ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... profitability All the ingredients for reflation are present and rising. Worldwide activity. The net balance improved to +34% in February (from +25% in October) among manufacturers and to +29% (from +18%) among service companies. Business investment intentions. ...

Finance and insurance job market strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Recruitment firm Robert Half believes the demand for finance and insurance professionals is forecast to grow in 2017. Based on the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the finance and insurance sector added 850 roles between November ...

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... meeting. Following earlier reports of stronger than expected inflation - headline CPI inflation up 2.3% in the year to February (from 1.8% in the previous month) and core inflation up 2.0% (from 1.6%) - fresh updates showed a re-acceleration in retail ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... populism in Europe - the resurgence in consumer optimism comes as no surprise. After dropping to a reading of -6.2 in February (from -4.8 in January), the flash estimate of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) consumer ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
Japan's latest trade stat indicates that the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) optimism, noted in its March monetary policy statement that, "Exports are expected to follow a moderate increasing trend on the back of an improvement in overseas economies" is perhaps ...

Bravura Solutions appoints new COO and sales head

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
Bravura Solutions has promoted from within to replace its head sales role and chief operating officer. Following the February departure of Bravura Solutions managing director Asia Pacific, Roland Slee, the wealth management software provider has filled ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... target. The core inflation rate is right smack at the British central bank's inflation target - up 2.0% in the year to February - the fastest annual rate since June 2014 - from 1.6% in the previous month and 1.4% in June 2016 (Brexit vote). And there's ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

Not off the boil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
Chinese authorities' regulatory restrictions to cool the housing market appear to be having little impact on property prices. Latest figures show that the average price of new homes in 70 Chinese cities rose by 0.3% in the month of February following ...