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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... to September from 0.2% in the June quarter and more than double market expectations for a 0.2% expansion. The September quarter translates into a 2.2% annualised rate of expansion in the economy (from 0.7% in the June quarter) and acceleration in the ...

Advisers unsure on super contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... around non-concessional super contributions have doubled in the last month, according to BT Advice Technical's September quarter round-up. The report shows the questions most commonly asked by advisers over the quarter were in regards to non-concessional ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... rate of expansion since the third quarter of 2014 and at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 2.9%, the September quarter's scorecard is more than double the previous period's 1.4% increase and also better than market expectations for a 2.5% rise. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... decline. The latest data on import and export prices showed continued gains in Australia's terms of trade in the September quarter. Export prices jumped by 3.5% in the three months ended September following a 1.4% rise in the June quarter while import ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message from the September quarter inflation update. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2016" report shows the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... expectations were for a 0.6% quarterly growth rate. Year-on-year, South Korean real GDP expanded by 2.7% in the September quarter from 3.3% in the June quarter and beating market expectations for a 2.6% rise.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... gains of 6.6% in August and 6.0% in July, that overall took the three-month rate of increase up to 1.8% in the September quarter - the fastest pace since the December quarter of 2014 - from 1.1% in the June quarter.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... large manufacturers and non-manufacturers alike. The sentiment index for large manufacturers stood at 6 in the September quarter - the same reading as in the March and June 2016 quarters that dropped from the December 2015 quarter's reading of 12. Sentiment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... with GDP practically stalling (up 0.02%) in the March quarter from 0.8% in the December quarter and 1.8% in the September quarter 2015. Japan machinery orders The little bit of good news on Japan's first quarter GDP growth won't last for long given the ...

Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... majority shareholder - of newly created long-only equity firm, GQG Partners. He will be visiting Australia in the September quarter to meet with local asset consultants and institutional investors. "We are looking to build a true employee-owned, client-centric ...