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The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... unchanged from the previous quarter. The annual growth in private sector wages slowed to 1.8% from 1.9% in the September quarter while public sector wages growth remained at 2.3%. They remained the lowest on record with overall wages growth on a trend ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... continuing its transition following the end of the mining investment boom. GDP was weaker than expected in the September quarter, largely reflecting temporary factors. A return to reasonable growth is expected in the December quarter. And for the outlook ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... strong trade results - confirmed earlier views that Australia isn't heading for a technical recession (i.e., the September quarter's 0.5% contraction wouldn't be followed by another). Retail turnover volume expanded by 0.9% in the December quarter after ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... rate since the March quarter of last year. This took the year-on-year growth rate up to 1.8%, the same as the September quarter but up March's 1.7% and June's 1.6%. Similarly, headline CPI inflation accelerated to 1.8% in the year to January from 1.1% ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... last year. The trimmed mean inflation rate eased to 1.6% in the year to the December quarter from 1.7% in the September quarter and despite accelerating to 1.5% from 1.3%, the weighted median inflation rate would still be a cause of trepidation for the ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... but difficult to assume that these "lingered" until early 2017. Not when almost all "experts" agree that the September quarter contraction in Australian GDP would be a one-off. This is also inconsistent with the wealth effect brought on by the All Ordinaries' ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... changes would be legislated by parliament, they also reduced their voluntary contributions," Evans said. In the September quarter the average voluntary contributions to self-managed super funds decreased from $10,750 to $3,040. CommSec data also showed ...

BT doubles wrap market share

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... $713.4 billion. According to the latest figures from Strategic Insight, the surge was largely driven by a strong September quarter which saw funds under management rise by $23.6 billion, an increase of 3.4%. However, year on year, reported inflows into ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Australian wholesale funds grew $36.2 billion over the September quarter, while retail managed funds market grew $24.9 billion. According to the latest statistics from Strategic Insights, more than 90% of the growth in wholesale funds occurred over ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... national debt - but with business investment continuing to contract (actual capex down 13.7% in the year to the September quarter; expected capex down 8.6%), it's an imperative for the government to do the Keynesian thing and spend. It's time to crowd-in ...