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Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... pps to growth in the March 2019 quarter from 0.4 pps in the December 2018 quarter while public investment contributed nothing to growth in both quarters. There goes the RBA's "central scenario... for the Australian economy to grow by around 23/4 ...

Cashwerkz, Praemium ink deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... onboarding for cash investment facilities and rollover capabilities which is ideal for wealth managers. There truly is nothing like the breadth of ADI partners Cashwerkz has created in the market today," Ortiz said. Advisers using Praemium need to register ...

Super funds can spearhead infrastructure: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... that business." FSC economics and tax senior policy manager and panel chair Michael Potter agreed, and said it could be nothing more than evaluating the return on equity offered in banking being higher than in wealth. "It could just be a simple thing ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... option" and sell down its US$1.1 trillion US debt holdings to force Trump into submission. War really is good for absolutely nothing.

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Japan's National Accounts show net exports accounted for 0.4 percentage points of the 0.5% growth in the March quarter. Nothing wrong with this except that, the details of this detail reveal this is only because imports dropped - down 4.6% versus ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... total employment was due to the 34,700 increase in part-time jobs. Full-time employment decreased by 6,300. This does nothing to improve the outlook for consumer spending - that, which accounts for around two-thirds of overall economic growth. As dictated ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... quarters of 2018. Yes, Virginia - wage growth would have been weaker if not for the "regularly scheduled wage rises." Nothing organic! Private sector wages grew by 2.4% in the year to the first quarter, up from 2.3% in the December 2018 quarter. Public ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Chief economist update: Countdown to T-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Sino-Yankee trade war. Recall Trump has put the Eurozone and Japan on notice. War - in any form - is really good for "absolutely nothing". Timecheck: It's now 9pm on Thursday in Washington - 3 hours to go T-day. Tick, tock.

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Despite high expectations that it would leading up to its May Board meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't only NOT cut the official cash rate - it kept it unchanged at a record low 1.5% - it also maintained its ...