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Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... businesses, such as restaurants and bars, providing services that entail personal interactions; and some high-frequency indicators that pointed to a deceleration in economic activity. "Substantial fiscal policy measures-both enacted and anticipated-along ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Institute's publication Mind the Gap - The Australian Actuaries Intergenerational Equity Index (AAIEI) tracked 24 indicators across six domains relating to wealth and wellbeing from 2000-2018 across different age groups. The intergenerational wealth ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... survey - either outright or shared - for eight quarters. The survey ranks each state and territory using eight key indicators, including economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... increase in economic activity from the September quarter. "There are some positive early signs in the recovery with indicators suggesting that the unwinding of containment measures in the latter part of the June quarter has led to a noticeable recovery ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... business as (near) usual. Just in time for mid-summer, China's first out. The unfreezing of the economy has lifted indicators of economic activity. Let us count the ways: China's GDP expanded by 3.2% in the year to the June quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Sachs. This should stall the fledgling recovery at best... and it may already be underway. "Bloomberg highlighted five indicators of the recent slump: a decline in hours worked in Texas-Florida-Arizona; a leveling off in the percentage of Americans who ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... coronavirus. Many people have lost their jobs and there has been a sharp rise in unemployment," Lowe said. "Leading indicators have generally picked up recently, suggesting the worst of the global economic contraction has now passed. Despite this, the ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... national May home value index results showing the dwelling market declined just 0.4% over the month, and preliminary indicators for June are showing the rate of decline has gathered some momentum. "The Australian housing market is not one market, but ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... analysis prepared by Frontier Advisors principal consultant David Carruthers reveals the basis for investment performance indicators in APRA's MySuper heat map has largely disappeared thanks to the volatility imposed on financial markets by the COVID-19 ...

Platform prototypes compliance capability

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... outliers in documents generated by advice practices (for example in SOAs or ROAs), he said, and tests risk-related indicators such as fee disclosure statements and investment strategies. This includes something as granular as whether a client's money ...