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Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... Australians' increasing take-up of online shopping is skewing the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) traditional retail sales estimate. Retail spending is an important metric for the economy because it's the building block of overall household consumption ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... a weekly gauge of same store sales at chain stores, discounters, and department stores and a leading indicator of retail sales - increased by 1.5% in the week ended 17 December over the same week in the previous year. The latest growth figure is the ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... growth started its trend decline in early 2012) which not surprisingly took their toll on consumer spending - annual retail sales growth slowed to just a bit over 1% from close to 7% - and, in turn, on business confidence - from a high reading of plus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... major economic indicators show that fears of a hard landing in the Chinese economy that greeted 2016 are just that. Retail sales advanced by 10.8% in the year to November - accelerating from 10.0% in the previous month, beating market expectations for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... or ability to leave current employment) remaining steady at 2.1%, where it had been since June this year. Eurozone retail sales Retail spending in the single currency region rose by 1.1% in the month of October more than reversing the declines recorded ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... Japanese household spending fell by 1.0% in the month of October after growing by 2.8% in the previous month. Japanese retail sales surged by 2.5% in October following a small 0.3% increase in the previous month. But it's only confusing if you forget ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... March 2011 quarter and by 0.6% in the following three-month period. Not now when domestic spending remains weak - retail sales down 1.9% in the year to September - and so is external trade. Latest data show Japan posting a ¥496.2 billion surplus in ...

Advisers drive annuities growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... has seen Colonial First State's FirstChoice and FirstWrap total funds under management exceed $535 million. Head of retail sales at Colonial First State Laird Abernethy said annuities usage was on the rise and has been driven in large part by financial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... downpayments, bans on second-home purchases, and stricter regulations on property developers in bond issuance. China retail sales China's rebalancing into domestic consumption may have hit a snag. After steadily accelerating (in year-on-year terms) in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... inflation rate accelerated slightly to 0.5% in October from 0.4% in the previous month and 0.2% in August. Japan retail sales Japanese retail spending was flat in the month of September, an improvement from the 1.1% drop in the previous month (if you ...