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Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
It got less press than the June quarter CPI report - which showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Australian inflation has decelerated - headline inflation slowed to 1.9% in the year to the June quarter from 2.1% in the March quarter. Yet it's also picked up - the weighted median up to 1.8% from 1.7%; but it's also flat - a trimmed mean steady at ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... six months (27%) falls to lowest since October 2016." The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the June quarter CPI inflation report later today. The actual figures would affirm (if higher than expected) or negate (if lower) current perceptions ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... produce the same thing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release the consumer price index report for the June quarter this coming Wednesday - one that would provide near term direction for the Australian dollar.

Countplus sells off underperformers and merges firms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... company's investment in Class. As above, Countplus also said it would not be prudent to pay a dividend for the 30 June quarter. This is due to a claim that may be made against wholly-owned subsidiary Total Financial Solutions Australia (TFSA) by clients ...

Ohanessian vindicated by record Praemium inflows

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... executive Michael Ohanessian, who was recently reappointed following a board spill, said the firm's record inflows in the June quarter represent a "tangible validation of our underlying growth strategy." In Q2 2017, Praemium achieved inflows of $554 ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... quarterly Tankan survey provided similar indications. The sentiment index for both large manufacturers (17 in the June quarter from 12 in the March quarter) and large non-manufacturers (23 from 20) improved to their best levels in more than three years. ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... US$110) to a high of 2.9% (after oil's drop) in 2015. World private consumption growth has eased back to 2.6% in the June quarter (a lagged response to the previous two quarter's oil price rise). Continued weakness/weakening in the oil price should underpin ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... increased by 1.6% in the year to the December quarter, accelerating from 1.4% in the September quarter and 1.0% in June quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, the latest figure is the fastest annual rate of growth since the first quarter ...

No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Perhaps it'll still happen, but it's not happening overnight - the "gloom and doom" that international institutions, foreign governments and even the UK's own central bank predicted. They should be wolf-whistling instead of crying wolf. Preliminary ...