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Chief economist update: ECB cannot be any clearer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... growth expectations at 1.7% in 2019 and 2020. Still, excluding the fast growth in the economy in 2017, this is still the fastest since the March quarter of 2011. While the ECB kept policy unchanged in its June meeting, it laid down a clear roadmap of ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... pushes the Australian economy ahead of the US (2.8%), the Eurozone (2.5%), the UK (1.2%) and Japan (1%). It's also the fastest growth rate since the June 2016 quarter (3.3%) when the domestic economy similarly outperformed its peers. To be sure ...

Life insurer early intervention a win: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... insurers from funding medical treatments for mental health conditions. The health care system has to keep up with one of the fastest growing issues confronting many Australians and change is long overdue, Mu said. Recognising that certain constraints ...

Capgemini appoints new Australian head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... telecommunications media and entertainment. The appointment comes at a time when the digital consulting firm sees APAC as its fastest growing area and a "top priority" for the group, according to Capgemini executive chairman Asia Pacific and Middle East ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... depreciation in 2017. Consumer price inflation accelerated to 25.6% in the year to March from 25.4% in the previous month and the fastest since the 27.5% rate recorded in April 2017. This is so far above the BCRA's 15% target. Ahh, the times have quickly ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... price index increased by 1.9% in the year to March, a significant increase from the previous month's 1.6% gain and is the fastest inflation rate since February 2017. This measure had been consistently moving on up since it bottomed at 1.3% in August ...

Alternative finance the option for millennials

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... under. And Queensland is leading the charge, he said. Cutter added that lending to consumers makes up the largest and fastest growing part of the alternative finance segment. In the commercial sector nearly all lending is to small-to-medium enterprises ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... medical treatments for mental health conditions must be overhauled. The health care system has to keep up with one of the fastest growing issues confronting many Australians and change is long overdue, he said. "There is currently a gap in the health ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... More so given that other price measures have moved higher. US import prices increased by 3.6% in the year to March - the fastest rate since April last year - from 3.4% in the previous month. Inflation at the producer level is also accelerating. The producer ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... its best level since May 2017; and, February retail sales grew by 1.5% year-on-year, unchanged from January but also the fastest since August year. The same goes for businesses with the CBI business optimism index jumping to a reading of +13 in the March ...