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Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... all indicators are pointing to the sky? That's so un-Keynesian. Just as Greece was required to tighten its fiscal expenditure when its economy was in recession (that sent it in direr straits), America is fiscally spending at a time when it doesn't need ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... currently), and businesses' animal spirits weren't lifting. My database shows that, instead, actual private new capital expenditure (capex) continued to slow before registering outright negative year-on-year growth from the March quarter of 2013 to the ...

APRA delivers poor super fund ultimatum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... proposed revisions to the prudential framework, including changes to promote greater transparency, especially around expenditure, and implement member outcomes assessments for all funds," Rowell said. She also re-expressed her views when it comes to ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... premature death of a household breadwinner is not usually a recurring event. As covering income losses is not a repeated expenditure like other common financial obligations, people do not have the benefit of 'learning by doing', the report highlights. ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... figures. They're bad. Australian retail sales - that which account for a big chunk of household final consumption expenditure which, in turn, accounts for around two-thirds of GDP - continues to not grow. While the monthly figures show an improvement ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... and energy - remained at a two-year low of 1.7%. 2. The Fed's favoured inflation measure is the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index not the CPI. In the Fed's "Summary of Economic Projections" (latest release was in September), the US central ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... operating below its full potential. However, if an economy is growing above potential, unrestrained growth in consumer expenditure is negative for bonds. This is because an overheating economy puts upward stress on consumer prices (inflation), which ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... months, Rowell said APRA will be focusing on multiple different criteria to determine the value of a fund, including expenditure. "The changing retirement landscape raises a number of implications trustees need to think about," she added.

Centrepoint forms fintech alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... ongoing service. "Some clients may appreciate and actively use the tool to better monitor and manage their cashflow and expenditure while others will appreciate a regular detailed review with their adviser." Moneysoft said its solution aims to strengthen ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... March quarter of 2015 was due to stronger contributions from the components that matter most: personal consumption expenditure (contribution revised up to 2.3 percentage points from 1.9 pps in the advanced estimate); fixed investment (0.6 from 0.4) ...