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Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... well. This is because while the Fed sees the first quarter slowdown - GDP slowed to an annualised 1.2% rate in the March quarter from 2.1% in the December quarter - as "transitory", and one that should provide an easy comparison when the second quarter ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... moving average shows business confidence steadily rising from a reading of +6 in the December quarter to +8 in the March quarter and +10 in April and May (two-month average). The business confidence index needs to drop to a reading of +3 (or 57.7%) next ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... products and services are shipped - provide cause for concern for Australian exporters. Japan's GDP grew by 0.3% in the March quarter, unchanged from the December 2016 quarter but sharply lower than the preliminary estimate of a 0.5% quarterly growth ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
Australia's economic scorecard is out. GDP growth has plummeted to 0.3% in the March quarter compared to 1.1% last quarter, leaving economic annual growth at a lackluster 1.7%. Economic growth slowing by one third in past year adds to the pressure piling ...

Five minutes of sunshine tomorrow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... the first quarter of this year. Yeah, 'twas good. Company gross operating profits increased by another 6.0% in the March quarter on top of the previous quarter's 20.1% surge. This beat market expectations for a 4.5% increase and takes the year-on-year ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... trigger. More so because the upward revision take the year-on-year rate expansion in the US economy up to 2.04% in the March quarter, representing an acceleration from the December 2016's 1.96% rate (instead of the deceleration to 1.92% in the first ...

Super assets hit $2.3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... method over pensions (47.6%), whereby $33.6 billion was made. In terms of asset allocation and performance during the March quarter, total assets increased by 2.4% to $1.5 trillion, with half (50.2%) invested in equities, followed by fixed income (20.6%) ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... growth..." Yes, Trump could provide that extra oomph but the FOMC's base case should be enough. The FOMC considered the March quarter slowdown in GDP growth and inflation likely reflected "transitory factors" and members "continued to expect that, with ...

Revenue boost for life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... ($79m). Individual disability income insurance however, made a loss of $427 million during the year. During the March quarter, insurers' policy revenue declined significantly from $4.5 billion in December 2016 to $2.6 billion.

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... preventing consumers lifting their expenditures. Total wages growth remained at an all-time low 1.9% in the year to the March quarter - the same as the December quarter - with private sector wages increasing by 1.8% (unchanged from the December quarter) ...