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Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... several performance characteristics. VanEck Australia director investments and strategy, Russell Chesler, said a substantial deficit in infrastructure assets will prompt governments around the world to invest considerably in the coming years. He added ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... announce further easing in policy settings today - the only question is in what size, shape and form. Japan posted a trade deficit of ¥18.7 billion in August, down from a surplus of ¥513.5 billion in July. Although this is smaller than the ¥567.5 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... exports declined by 7.3%. UK trade balance The surprisingly positive run of data after Brexit continues. The UK trade deficit narrowed by £1.1 billion to £4.5 billion in July from a £5.6 billion deficit in June. The sharp depreciation in the British ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... seeing sweeping changes in the way it is funded. Recent legislation has cut government funding to services amid a budget deficit and an ageing population. Service providers are increasingly having to balance the pressure of having high occupancy and ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The combined pension deficit of the UK's 350 largest listed companies widened £50 billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record. According to data from Mercer, the accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes for FTSE 350 companies ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... further small improvement in their business situation." (econotimes.com) Philippine trade balance The Philippines' trade deficit widened to US$2.1 billion in June from US$0.57 billion in the same month last year as export shipments dropped by 11.4% over ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June and trade deficit widened in June. This disconnect makes it hardly surprising for DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach to warn, "Sell everything!" ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... proposed only minimal changes to tax concession expenditures or proposed that Australia should increase its recurrent budget deficit. According to the Australian Office of Financial Management, the Australian commonwealth government has $428 billion ...

Australia ranks sixth in global pension survey

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... security benefits as an 'achilles heel' because of their impact on government expenditure and capacity to add to the national deficit. Performing well in life expectancy and health expectancy per capita, Australia was ranked twelfth for its performance ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... through the issuing of more debt, reported the Japan Times. "I want to make it clear that we are not planning to issue [deficit bonds]", said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package ...