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PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... scares. For sure, Chinese stats have been slowing of late but... by not much. Data released yesterday support this: Retail sales increased by 10.5% in the year to July - not a great deal slower than June's and expectations' 10.6% rate but stronger than ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... 53.4 in June, down from 54.0 in May and the lowest reading since October 2013." And then there's the disappointing retail sales number reported a few days ago - overall sales dropped by 0.3% in June when they were expected to increase by 0.3%; core retail ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... the month of April and 2.7% over the year - are boosting households' spending power, confidence and spending. UK retail sales went up by 4.6% in the year to May following a similar increase in the previous month. Recent data on consumer confidence indicate ...

Peters MacGregor makes marquee hire

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... investors. Haynes was Aberdeen Asset Management head of business development until December 2014, and he was head of retail sales at Credit Suisse prior to that. "We couldn't be more delighted that Alex will be leading our firm's distribution and marketing ...

Australian market opens higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... economic data releases this week will influence the ASX, including building approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. Among the major banks, ANZ was up 35 cents ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... economic data releases this week will influence the ASX, including building approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. Among the major banks, ANZ was up 35 cents ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... trader "emotion and sentiment and positioning ahead of the Fed announcement" on Wednesday, he said. Better jobs and retail sales data have altered the outlook for US monetary policy after a weak first quarter. Although the Fed is not expected to lift ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... the yen. Regional investors were given another positive lead from Wall Street following a better-than-forecast US retail sales report. Tokyo climbed 0.12 per cent, or 24.11 points, to 20,407.08, although the gains were capped by worries about the Greece ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,549. Wall Street stocks were up after a solid US retail sales report suggested American consumers are gaining confidence after a sluggish first quarter. However there were falls in gold ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... spiking by 20.2%; and, unemployment expectations dropped by 5.8% in May over April. Happy consumers spend. Australian retail sales increased by 4.3% in the year to March -- accelerating from 4.0% in February and 3.1% in January. If the correlation holds ...