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Little pay, little spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Data updates on Japan have been a mixture of good and bad in recent times. The latest stats on wages belong to the not so good ones, particularly with respect to the Bank of Japan's goal of reviving inflation in the economy. Average monthly cash earnings ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... threshold of US$3 trillion. Though this represented a slowing in the pace of decline - reserves fell by US$41 billion in December - it still marked the seventh straight month of dwindling reserves and a sharp deceleration from the US$4 trillion peak ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
As expected, and following the lead from the three big central banks - BOJ, Fed, BOE - that met last week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global ...

Help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... decline in the previous month. Over the past 12 months, growth in job advertisements quickened to 7.1% from 3.7% in December - the fastest pace since August 2016. According to ANZ chief economist Felicity Emmett, the bounce in ANZ job ads, along with ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... growth has accelerated from 1.5% in the September quarter to 2% in December. Adding together the October, November and December "nominal" retail sales figures and then computing for their quarterly change produces the same positive result - up 1.1% in ...

Whitehelm drives Prime Super outperformance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Whitehelm Capital's partnership with Prime Super played a key role in delivering strong outperformance in 2016, the latter said. Whitehelm, which advises on the $3 billion held in Prime Super across 120,000 member accounts, was instrumental in driving ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Three major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the ...

Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall's independent directors recommended that shareholders reject Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company's takeover bid for the company, on the basis that it significantly undervalues shares. The review justified this recommendation saying ...

Heading the ECB's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... current stronger growth trend continues, supported by an improving labour market - the unemployment rate fell to 9.6% in December (the lowest level since May 2009) from 9.7% in November and October - and the weaker euro. However, this would also strengthen ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... Reserve Bank of Australia's private sector credit report. Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in the month of December - the fastest monthly growth rate since September 2015 -- accelerating from November's 0.5% gain and beating market expectations. ...