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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... as sales declined for both detached homes (down 7.4%) and apartments, townhouses and units (down 17.3%). US consumer confidence Another "case for an increase in the federal funds rate" arrived in the form of a resurgence in US consumer confidence. The ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... to US$244,100 in the month of July but remains 5.3% higher compared with the same month in 2015. Eurozone consumer confidence Preliminary estimates by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) show that consumer confidence ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Australian consumer confidence The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rebounded by 2.0% in August after declining by 3.0% in July. More importantly, at a reading of 101.4, optimists outnumbered pessimists this month. Not surprisingly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... small 0.2% annual rate of decline in imports in July, a sharp improvement from June's 10.0% drop. Indonesia consumer confidence Bank Indonesia's consumer confidence index rose to a reading of 114.2 in July - the highest level since March 2015 - from ...

TAL launches ad campaign as LIF top of mind

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... support our superannuation fund partners and it's a campaign for consumers. "Ultimately our intent is to grow consumer confidence in life insurance, growing the market for the good of us all. For us this is not about channel - it is and always has been ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... employment (Figure 1) in the coming months. The same message is delivered by the latest updates on business and consumer confidence. BOE policy unchanged It did not happen overnight but it will happen... in August. This was the Bank of England's message ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Australia consumer confidence Conducted from 4 July to 7 July - after 'Brexit' and amidst the then still inconclusive Australian Federal elections - it's not surprising that Australian consumer sentiment declined in July, what was surprising was that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... target. Headline PCE price inflation was at 1.1% in April and the core PCE inflation rate was at 1.6%. US consumer confidence Perhaps they haven't heard of Brexit yet when they were polled by the Conference Board for US consumer confidence jumped from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... million units (the highest level since February 2007) that followed a 1.3% gain in the previous month. Euro consumer confidence The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) flash consumer confidence indicator for the eurozone ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... predicted to increase by 1.7% (from 1.6% forecast in March ) in 2016 and 1.9% (from 1.8%) in 2017. Australia consumer confidence The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index fell by 1.0% to a reading of 102.7 in June following the previous ...