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Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Superannuation policy should be reformed to promote the economic wellbeing of indigenous Australia, argues KPMG in a new report. The professional services company said indigenous Australians face unique issues when participating in Australia's compulsory ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... 48.3 in August from 49.4 in the previous month). To be fair, manufacturing accounts for only a small portion of the US economy... but everything adds up. Add these to the gauge of US inflation reported earlier and we have a case for a US economy that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... confidence (post-election) was keeping a lid on activity for them. US ADP private sector employment ADP data shows that the US economy added 177,000 workers in the private sector in August, lower than the previous month's 194,000 addition but better ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... Study report The just-released report of the US National Financial Capability Study reveals that despite the recovering US economy, 18% of Americans with a college education could not raise $2000 for an emergency. The ratio rises to a staggering 45% ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... But this just brings home the point that May's number was an outlier and easing concerns about the strength of the US economy. Likewise, while the unemployment rate edged higher to a worse than expected 4.9% in June from 4.7% in the previous month, it ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
US GDP The Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) third estimate of the US economy showed that real GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than market expectations for a 1.0% growth and an upgrade from the ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Federal Reserve is in a quandary. If it raises interest rates, it risks global leverage which will come back to hit the US economy, forcing the Fed to reverse course. If it maintains or magnifies monetary forbearance, savings rates have actually risen ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... of the fence you sit, it's either good or bad. The bulls will argue that low volatility reflects confidence in the US economy's growth momentum and/or that the Fed's telegraphed interest rate increases over the coming months would not derail the good ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... confidence reports released earlier suggest it's more the latter. This is bad news for the doves but good news for US economy because of housing's large multiplier effect on employment, income and consumption. Eurozone economic and business sentiment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... orders expand at slowest rate in 2016 so far", raising questions about the hoped for second quarter pick-up in the US economy. While the May survey indicated building inflationary pressures - input prices increased for a second month; selling prices ...