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December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Rate hike on, rate hike off. Financial markets raised their bets for a September fed funds rate lift soon after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's two-day outing at Jackson Hole (25-26 August). Her words, "Indeed, in light of the continued solid ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Australia private sector credit Total private sector credit increased by 0.4% in July - in line with market expectations - following a 0.2% gain in the previous month. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively while personal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

Adviser ETF survey winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Financial Standard is pleased to announce the winners of two cash voucher prizes as it reveals the results of an extensive survey into advisers' use of exchange traded funds. The survey, which was designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Empire State manufacturing survey Factory activity in the New York region softened in August with the Empire State manufacturing index falling to a reading of minus 4.21 in the month from 0.6 in the previous month and expectations for a 2.5 print. While ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
AiG performance of construction index The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of construction index jumped to 53.20 in June from 46.7 in the previous month. The index's rise to a 10-momth high was driven by a rebound to expansion territory ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Australia leading index "Leading Index improves but still points to below trend momentum". This is the header of Westpac's media release on the latest update of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The index tracks future ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA holds The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy settings steady at its 7 June Board meeting, announcing no change in the official cash rate which the central bank cut to a record low 1.75% at its 3 May meeting. "Taking account ...