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Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... which is at zero". "A much lower likelihood is given to asset purchases, which were seen by just 8 per cent of the economists." Is this all? Please sir... could we have some more? These are what economists' expect. But supa-dupa Mario might give some ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... to discount them to make them more attractive to an investor than new paper issued at the new higher interest rate. Economists have warned about the prospect of rising rates since they fell to record lows around the world in the wake of the global financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... board meeting will be released, and Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson delivers his post-federal budget speech to economists in Sydney. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to deliver a speech to a Financial Services Institute ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... July economic data rebound". Then again, Hayakawa's forecasts of 0.6% real GDP growth for fiscal year 2015, along with economists' less optimistic view on inflation - those polled expects inflation of 1.1% in 2015 versus the BOJ's 1.9% -- suggest that ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... deficit has become a political issue," the British paper said. The Wall Street Journal echoed concerns among Australian economists and analysts that the budget cuts will hit consumer confidence "at exactly the wrong time." The newspaper quoted an ANZ ...

FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... the next weeks. "Technology is a key theme," FSI chair David Murray said during a speech to the Australian Business Economists in Sydney. Murray said that the most frequent issues raised in the first submissions to the inquiry were regulation, competition ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Financial System Inquiry head David Murray is slated to provide an update on the inquiry at an Australian Business Economists lunch. In equities news, ANZ and BT Investment Management are expected to post first half results; Henderson Group, Bell Financial ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... lower-than-expected inflation. The consumer price index rose 0.6 per cent in the March quarter, for an annual rate of 2.9 per cent. Economists had expected a rise of 0.8 per cent for the quarter and 3.2 per cent for the year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... economy officially went into recession. Bloomberg reports that this is better than the most optimistic forecast of the 52 economists it surveyed. Before this, Australia's Statistician reported that the jobless rate dropped to 5.8% in March from 6.1% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8 per cent in March, and the number of people with jobs rose 18,100 in the month. Economists had expected total employment to fall by 5,000 in March, and an unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent. "The unemployment ...