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Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... 54.5 in May and 54.0 in April. If the gradual path towards normalisation happens as expected and the improving momentum in China continues, we could see a happier EOFY in 2017-18. Tomorrow we'll find out the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) thinking ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... from New Zealand also decreased over the same period from 9.1% to 8.4%. The proportion of overseas-born Australians born in China has meanwhile jumped from 6% to 8.3% and the proportion from India has jumped from 5.6% to 7.4%. The Philippines accounts ...

The 2016 Census as a guide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... were still the next most common countries of birth after Australia, the proportion of those born overseas who were born in China and India has increased since 2011 (from 6% to 8.3%, and 5.6% to 7.4% respectively). "The Philippines has swapped places ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... account. "It's a transformational experience for people in Kenya and wider Africa. It's the same with WePay and AliPay in China." This, Budden said, reinforces his views of the emerging market consumer and the sheer power they can create. Using social ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... same report. "The stable outlook reflects our assessment that, at the A1 rating level, risks are balanced. The erosion in China's credit profile will be gradual and, we expect, eventually contained as reforms deepen. The strengths of its credit profile ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... out of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK suggest that this is broadening still. And while there's a bit of slowing in China - manufacturing and services sector PMI declined in April - they remain in expansion territory. Governor Lowe's statement ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... it's the official tally or the private sector one, the latest purchasing managers' surveys point to slowing expansion in China's manufacturing sector and suggesting a weak start to the second quarter. China's official National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) ...

Global bank tests customer service 'bot'

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... meaningful ways." Separately, the latest study by UN-based not-for-profit organisation Better Than Cash Alliance revealed in China, social media network WeChat and third-party online payment platform Alipay, generated US$2.9 trillion in digital social ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... from AFR reporters Michael Smith, Angus Grigg and Lisa Murray for their series on Crown Resorts staff being detained in China. The trio submitted in the General Business category. Burke's entry included the articles 'Searching for retirement income solutions' ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
China's official manufacturing PMI measure showed the index improving for the second straight month to 51.8 in March and the eight consecutive month that the index had been above the 50 expansion/contraction line. This is better than market expectations ...