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Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... growth estimate higher from the preliminary estimate of 0.5% to 0.7% in the June quarter, it also reported that capital expenditure provided the highest contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over the same period. Latest data on core machinery ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... private demand contributed 0.8 percentage points to June quarter GDP - private consumption added 0.4 pps and capital expenditure 0.5 pps. Public demand rose 0.2% over the second quarter but similar to inventories, provided to contribution to GDP growth ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... landscape that we're dealing with." The Commission revealed APRA has also expressed concern to Hostplus about its expenditure, thanks to an anonymous whistle-blower complaint that was made. It was found Elia took his family to the tennis. "So my ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... purpose test and is consistent with the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993. Advertising and marketing expenditure, for example, may be on the radar. Such expenditure shouldn't be problematic, Hooper says, provided trustees can demonstrate ...

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... durable and non-durables. Recall that GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). That is, consumer spending plus investment plus government expenditure plus net exports. All of them also contributed to growth in the second quarter. Also aided by tax reductions, investment (I) ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... has gone against Keynes' counter-cyclical prescription by increasing fiscal spending - tax cuts and increased expenditure on infrastructure - at the same time that the US economy is growing at or near potential. Contrary to David Ricardo's principle ...

QSuper cuts administration fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... "In 2015, we did a root and branch review of our business. As a part of it, we have limited the growth in operating expenditure to 3% p.a. which is below the industry average," Pennisi said. The admin fee cuts have been made possible by investing in ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
Houston, we're on target. The US Income and Outlays account released last Friday showed that US inflation as measured by the US Federal Reserve's favoured gauge - the core PCE price index - is now smack bang where the Fed wants it, rising by ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... say, economic growth rates have significant implications for fiscal and monetary policies and by extension, capital expenditure and financial markets. It's more crucial now because of Donald Trump. Recall his statement back in December 2017, "So ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... inflation and reduced profits. This could help explain the lower than expected increase in Australian private new capital expenditure in the March quarter of this year (Trump officially declared "war" on March 1 when he announced that "sometime next ...