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The UK's still OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Brexit worries aside, the UK economy remains OK. Along with the latest improvement in business and consumer confidence and PMI surveys, industrial and manufacturing output has bounced back. To be sure, market expected industrial and manufacturing rebound ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
The sun appears to be rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese consumer confidence rose to a reading of 43.1 in December from 40.9 in the previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... the first of its kind to be approved by ASIC - puts the association and its members in good stead to regain consumer confidence while also attracting new members, particularly new entrants. "The long-term position is you're going to have to be a part ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... investors should maintain a well-diversified portfolio to include an array of global assets. "Inflation and consumer confidence are on the rise, but US assets have risks implicit in their valuations, and the direction of the incoming administration remains ...

Rejected TPD claims deemed fair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... Houghton said. "All insurers need to report claims outcomes using common definitions and data to help restore consumer confidence in an essential financial product for many Australians." BTFG was under the microscope in October last year for its denial ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... single-minded commitment to get the budget back into surplus further weakened domestic fundamentals. Australian consumer confidence dropped from a reading of around 120 in early 2010 to 89.6 in late 2011 as the unemployment rate rose from a low of 4.9% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... deceleration in jobs growth since it peaked an annual rate of 3.0% in the same month last year. Australian consumer confidence The Westpac/Mebourne Institute consumer confidence index declined for a second month in December, down 3.9% to a reading of ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... quarter - to the fourth quarter. Business conditions have deteriorated in October and November and so has consumer confidence - down in November and December -- which has slumped to its lowest level since April this year. But the bigger worry is rising ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... inflation has been steadily improving since the minus 4.2% rate recorded in April, May June this year. Philippine consumer confidence Despite all the negative goings-on in the Philippines - extra-judicial killings, terrorist bombing, Marcos' burial protests ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 in November from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month. This is significantly ...