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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... bring inflation to target. Mexico trade balance Mexico's external accounts show the country's trade balance swung to a deficit of US$725 in the February from a US$591.5 million surplus in the same month in 2015 on the back of a drop in exports and increased ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... February - the highest since October last year's 0.6% annual rate - from 0.4% in the previous month. Philippines trade deficit The Philippines' trade deficit widened to US$2.64 billion in January from US$0.60 billion in the previous month underlining ...

Retirement income goal would solve super's issues: CSRI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... be diverted into other purposes like providing home deposits, paying off higher education debts, or fixing the budget deficit. The CSRI also argues that good long-term policy is more likely to help overcome many of the problems plaguing the system - ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... the domestic economy ended the previous year on a strong note but that this momentum is continuing. Australia's trade deficit shrank by a bigger-than-expected A$2.94 billion in January from A$3.52 billion in the previous month (a 16.7% improvement) as ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... policy accommodation measures, markets expect the government to announce some fiscal easing - i.e. letting the budget deficit (estimated at around 2.3% of GDP in 2015) rise to about 3%-4% -- to spend mainly on infrastructure projects.

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... largest superannuation fund for £371 million ($755 million). The sale is part of wider plans to help reduce the UK's budget deficit. Australia's largest super fund also decided to purchase an additional 6% stake from Deutsche Post's DHL parcel service ...

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... infrastructure bonds managed by a regulator is an opportunity that should be assessed." Morrison said the underlying budget deficit is projected to contract from 2.3% per cent to 0.7% of GDP over the budget and forward estimates.

Oil price fall forces sovereign funds to switch gears

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Oil and gas export revenues are helping fund three quarters of sovereign wealth fund assets globally, but as oil prices remain lower, sovereign funds are expected to focus on other parts of the economy. Moody's Investors Survey research of global sovereign ...

Deloitte super plan could save budget $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... savings are used - to cut taxes that really hurt our economy, or to fund social spending, or to help close the Budget deficit - the resultant package could appropriately help Australians to work, invest and save. For example, this reform alone would ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... recovering moderately". But it is not. Yesterday's disappointing trade data adds to the list of "but it is nots". Japan's trade deficit came in at Â¥114.5 billion (US$955 million) in September -sharply missing consensus expectations for a Â¥84.4 ...