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Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... wages growing at a record low 1.9% in the March quarter. But upbeat trading/sales conditions? Certainly, the latest retail sales report showed annual retail spending growth accelerated to 3.8% in May from 3.1% in the previous month. But back in January ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... comparison when the second quarter figures are estimated, partial indicators for the second quarter are not so plush. US retail sales growth have trended lower from 4.8% year-on-year growth in March to 4.6% in April and 3.8% in May. There's a similar ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... growth would have negative implications for consumer sentiment and consumer spending. Latest data showed that US core retail sales growth slowed to 4.5% in the year to April, the third month of sequential decline since the 5.4% expansion recorded in ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... the RBA from cutting interest rates. Yes, only yesterday we got a pleasant surprise from the ABS report that showed retail sales surged by 1.0% in the month of April - more than three times the expected growth of 0.3%. But as JP Morgan economist Tom ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... potential" as the central bank expects, further acceleration in inflation should be maintained. Tag in the acceleration in retail sales growth to 3.2% in the year to April from 2.1% in the previous and it appears that the economy is evolving according ...

Property investment manager broadens regional presence

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... client service, marketing and product management. Prior to joining Heitman, Beau led Legg Mason's institutional and retail sales teams for Australia and New Zealand and held senior roles at Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and AVIVA. "We view Australia and ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... counterparts. Incidentally, the latest reads showed consumer confidence fell to 98 in May from 99 in April while retail sales contracted in the months of February and March. The recent update on wages growth adds to the uncertainty of part-time employment ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... January this year 97.7 in May from 97.0 in the previous month and beat market expectations for an unchanged reading, retail sales disappointed. Overall retail sales grew by 0.4% in April from 0.1% in March, less than expectations for a 0.6% gain. Core ...

Sharing economy to reshape global real estate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... said in the US, e-commerce has jumped 15 to 20% in the past five years yet it only account for a small 7% of overall retail sales. This is why companies such as logistics real estate outfit Prologis has seen its shares trade from US$36 twelve months ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... in the January-February period and market expectations for a 6.3% increase. Consumer spending is also on the rise. Retail sales jumped by 10.9% in the year to March following a 6.3% increase in the January-February period and beating an already strong ...