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Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... has there been a larger two-month slide." (Australian Financial Review) Likewise, the year-on-year growth rate in retail sales had been on a steady downward slope since the middle of 2014 when they grew at a rate of around 6% to just a little over 2% ...

Kapstream co-founder steps down from global Janus Henderson role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... Janus Henderson global chief investment officer Enrique Chang said. Locally, Janus Henderson also appointed a new retail sales director for Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. David Livera joins the recently-merged $443 billion global asset manager ...

China slows to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... production rose by 6% in the year to August versus 6.4% in the previous month and expectations for an increase of 6.6%. Retail sales slowed to 10.1% in the 12 months to August, down from growth of 10.4% in July and forecasts for a 10.5% rise. Lower than ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... consumer attitudes gives insight to the direction of the economy. But note that changes in consumer confidence and retail sales do not always move in tandem month by month. Strong consumer spending leads to strong economic growth, which in turn translates ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... October 2008. The labour market's link to consumer spending is palpable, with latest available data showing that retail sales expanded by 7.4% in the year to June from an already strong 7.3% in the previous month. This is the fastest annual growth rate ...

Trustee Partners names Australian GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... on the role having previously been managing director of Required Financial Services. Prior to that, he was head of retail sales at Antares Asset Management, general manager distribution at Timbercorp and national alliance manager at IOOF. As above, his ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... another rate hike before 2017 turns into 2018 - here we come. US consumers are back to what they do best - shopping. Retail sales increased by 0.6% in July after gaining 0.3% (revised from a 0.2% fall) in the previous month. This is the fastest monthly ...

RARE expands to meet growing demand

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... Specialist investment manager RARE is meeting growing demand for infrastructure investing with a new appointment to its retail sales team. Former K2 Asset Management key account manager Jenny Pang will join as regional manager for NSW, ACT and SA, with ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... the second quarter, the same rate as the March quarter but better than expectations for a slight easing to 6.8%. Retail sales growth accelerated to 11.0% in the year to June - the fastest since December 2015 - from 10.7% in April and May. The year-on-year ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... NAIRU for the US is now lower. But whatever it is US inflation remains low and softening, and the easing trend in US retail sales growth offers no support. US retail sales fell by a lower than expected 0.2% in the month of June following a 0.1% decline ...