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OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... and 2019 are unchanged at 1.4 mb/d and 1.5 mb/d, respectively. The pace of growth slowed sharply in 2Q18, caused by weaker OECD Europe and Asia demand. US gasoline demand growth eased due to higher prices." However, the escalation of Trump's trade ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Hear ye, hear ye... the unemployment gap has closed! The loss of 3900 workers (versus expectations for a 15,000 addition) may have made for sobering reading on the Australian labour market but this was a small give from the 58,200 additional workers ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... systems), energy storage infrastructure and systems that improve energy efficiency. In Australia, it will offer the SUSI OECD energy transition fund and the SUSI Asia energy transition fund. "Australia is a very informed investor base so it's less ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... and competitiveness of super pointed out that Australian superannuation fund members incur some of the highest fees among OECD countries. The OECD said Australia's relatively high investment and administration fees reflect the high prevalence of ...

Financial literacy in females continues to lag

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... by Roger Wilkins and Inga Lass at the University of Melbourne's school of applied economics and social research. The OECD International Network on Financial Education defines financial literacy as "a combination of awareness, knowledge, skill, attitude ...

Chief economist update: Forget asking for a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... Que horror! This shouldn't be because based on the differential between the current unemployment rate (5.6%) and the OECD estimates of Australia's NAIRU - non-accelerating rate of unemployment (5.9%) - you and I could demand pay increases of ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... cash, equity and property markets, you start to see a pickup in interest and activity," Stening said. But compared to other OECD countries, Australia's uptake of corporate bonds lagged drastically - less than 1% of the corporate bonds are issued domestically ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... target replacement rate of 70% of final earnings, which is used by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, does not reflect the experience of individual retirees as they age, though it ...

Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... and now individuals - many wealthy individuals - were getting a cash bonus, Labor said. Australia incidentally is the only OECD country with a fully refundable dividend imputation credit system - a concession which has grown at a rapid rate and now costs ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... the 3.5% range or maybe a little more and it could pick up in the next couple of quarters," he said. "If you look at the OECD - they track 45 countries - and I believe at last count all 45 were growing, and 30 of them were accelerating. We expect this ...