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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... to a reading of 9.2 in the December quarter - the highest level on record -- from 2.5 in the previous quarter. All components of the index increased: economic confidence (21.9% in Q4 from 9.5% in Q3); family income (4.9% from 0.2%); financial situation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... a reading of 46.3 in November, it remained in contraction. However, when seen alongside the expansion in the other components this provides a positive future indications as manufacturers replenish "wanted" stocks. Inflation indications are mixed with ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... market is very interesting and allows us to build strategies that are more sustainable and within our fixed income components in particular we've been increasingly using green bonds within client portfolios. Many of our clients are pushing us to do more," ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... globally-driven improvements in financial conditions reflected in the sharemarket (+0.20ppts) and the yield spread (+10ppts) components". In addition, Westpac continues to "see some improvement in in local components as well with a notable positive from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... the improvement in the headline index has been all due to increasing consumer expectations. The "Current Conditions components of the Index have been steady while the Expectations components of the Index are up 8.1% on the previous year. This boost to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... This compares with the official NBS manufacturing PMI that came in at 50.4 in September, unchanged from August. The components showed that while output increased in September, new orders eased and employment declined.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... a 1.44% below trend reading in March to 0.20% above trend in August," driven by gains in nearly all of the index's components. "The bulk of the improvement in Index since the start of the year has come from improved international conditions (commodity ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... of the 225 stocks in the index on the up - at the close of trading. "The new policy framework consists of two major components: the first is "yield curve control" in which the Bank will control short-term and long-term interest rates; and the second ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all of the index's components went up significantly: current single-family home sales gained 6 points to 71 (11-month high); sales expectations increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... expectations index" declined (96.8 from 98.7). This is in line with mixed indications from the headline index's sub-components where: "Family finances vs a year ago" and "time to buy a major household item" both increased by 3.5% over the month of September ...