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All up and all together now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... signalled expansion for 21 consecutive months. Business conditions improved across the consumer, intermediate and investment goods sectors. The strongest expansion was signalled at intermediate goods producers and the slowest in the consumer goods category." ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... launched this month, invests in Australian companies such as Viva Energy, Bunnings and producers and distributors of small-goods including Hans and Primo. The tenants have average lease term of 9.2 years. Harrison said in US listed markets, the consumer ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... should inflation expectations continue to recede, consumers are bound to defer spending on expectations that the price of goods and services will be lower tomorrow than they are today.

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... for its consumers are spending. In Economics 101, we were taught that gross domestic product (GDP) - the value of final goods and services produced in a country at a given time - is derived by the summation of C+I+G+ (X-M). Where C stands for household ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... UK-EU trade (published on 7 November) shows that, the UK buys more from the EU -- £312 billion or 53.9% of total imports of goods and services - than it sells -- £236 billion or 43.1% of total exports. Still, the UK cannot just thumb its nose to its ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... are investing in cryptocurrency itself, but it remains to be seen if people will open their digital wallets to purchase goods and services, or transfer to family and friends. ASIC warns the exchange platforms where virtual currencies are bought and sold ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... year-on-year in October from down 1.4% in September) and indicative of stronger household demand, the price rise of consumer goods quickened to 1.1% in the year to October (from 0.7%) while that of services remained strong, dipping only marginally to ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... slowest annual growth rate since June 2013 (1.3%). This could be argued as a function of discounting - lowered prices to get goods and services moving out the door, which also helps explain the lower-than-expected third quarter CPI inflation results ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... its portfolio. This includes Australian companies such as Viva Energy, Bunnings and producers and distributors of small-goods including Hans and Primo. The tenants have average lease term of 9.2 years. At media briefing yesterday, Charter Hall group ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... same year - the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did the same in August this year in order to cushion any adverse impact of the goods and services tax implemented on 1 July. Both central banks appear to have gotten the upper hand. The Indian central bank ...