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Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... without negatively impacting the Budget. Just have a read at what the ABS said about this: "Government final consumption expenditure rose 1.8% in the December quarter 2018 and remains strong through the year at 5.6%. National non-defence (4.2%) was the ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... came from private demand (0.5 percentage points), of which private consumption (0.3 percentage points) and capital expenditure (0.4 percent). In addition, public demand added 0.1 percentage points..." But it's not domestic demand that's Japan's ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The University of Michigan's latest update on consumer confidence indicates that there's hope still for household spending. Recall the reported big drop in US retail spending (down 1.2% in the month of December) that I penned is consistent with ...

Chief economist update: UK economy slows on Brexit woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... year from £3.225 billion in Q4 2017. "The greater effects from Brexit uncertainties at home". Gross fixed capital expenditure declined by 1.4% year-on-year in the December quarter following a 0.3% fall in the previous quarter led by the 3.7% drop in ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
"Not happy, Jan!" For the young ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... of GDP. Fitch's report also said the Federal Government will counter economic fatigue through increased federal expenditure. They say this is an attempt to "support the economy going into 2020." The mining industry is also expected to face economic ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... unified national body. Last financial year the group's revenues totalled $266,815 - about $11,000 less than annual expenditure. Membership fees accounted for 94.6% of this while the balance was made up by member donations and interest. Having operated ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... pre-paid debit card for children that is connected to a parent app, giving parents a complete view of their kids' expenditure. The app lets parents set pocket money and jobs, oversee savings goals, track spending and instantly transfer funds or alternatively ...

APRA unveils new prudential measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... to meet strengthened requirements for strategic and business planning, including management and oversight of fund expenditure and reserves. Rowell said the Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
We got chills, they're multiplying... How could something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies ...