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Less liquidity to lessen risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... target of 6.5% this year. Chinese GDP grew by 6.9% in the year to the March 2017 and June quarter and 6.8% in the September quarter.

TRIS tops adviser query list

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... priority for financial advisers according BT Financial Group. The BTFG Advice Technical division said in its September quarter round-up the business found the top two queries made by financial advisers were: APRA guidance around retirement for people ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... also helps explain the lower-than-expected third quarter CPI inflation results - headline down to 1.8% in the September quarter from 1.9% in the June quarter; weighted median and trimmed mean unchanged at 1.9% and 1.8% respectively, but the chain volume ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... Statistics (ABS) showing the country's headline CPI inflation rate decelerated to a lower than expected 1.8% in the September quarter. And this is thanks to us smokers and alcoholics (prices rose 7.0% over the year) which, of course, contributed to rising ...

Praemium continues record inflow streak

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Praemium reported global inflows of $749 million for the September quarter - a new record, following on from the previous record quarter which followed Michael Ohanessian's reappointment as chief executive after a board spill in May. Australian inflows ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... growth over Lowe's first year in office, quarterly Australian GDP growth went from a low 0.4% contraction in the September quarter of 2016 to a high 1.1% surge in the December quarter of the same year. The latest National Accounts report show GDP growth ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... industry groups". Four WPIs are constructed and published quarterly. These indexes were first compiled for the September quarter 1997, and cover: - Ordinary time hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses index - Ordinary time hourly rates of pay including ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... track as iron ore prices have lifted to an average of US$64.70/tonne so far in July (the first month of the September quarter) from the second quarter's average of US$62.11/tonne. While iron ore's "technicals" - it's in a bull or bear market, depending ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... growth if the weighted average of house prices of Australia's eight capital cities steadily slowed from 10.7% in September quarter to 3.5% exactly a year later. This has rebounded to a 7.7% annual rate in the December 2016 quarter. We can torture the ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... This is better than market expectations for steady growth (6.8%) and is the fastest rate of expansion since September quarter of 2015. The strong start to 2017 is backed up by other indicators. Non-farm fixed asset investment increased by 9.2% in the ...