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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Bureau of Statistics showed residential property prices in the country's eight capital cities rebounded by 2.0% in the June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations for a 2.5% rise, the second quarter growth rate represent a sharp turnaround ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... the external environment." Japan GDP The final estimate of Japanese GDP showed the economy advanced by 0.2% in the June quarter, up from zero growth in the initial estimate. Domestic demand contributed 0.4 percentage points to growth - private household ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual growth rate of 3.3% in the June quarter is the fastest since the June quarter of 2012 and marked the economy's 25th year of recession-free performance. The year-on-year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market expectations for a 4.0% fall. Total capex ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... released data showing that funds under management in the managed fund industry rose by 3.0% to A$2,721.6 billion in the June quarter from A$2,646.7 billion in the previous three-month period. Managed funds institutions' consolidated assets rose by 3.0% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...

Industry funds extend winning streak

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... treatment of contributions in light of impending government changes to the system, superannuation contributions for the June quarter fell 0.8% to $30.1 billion compared to the same period last year.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... continued slowdown. The Wage Price Index - total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - grew by 2.1% in the year to the June quarter, unchanged from the first quarter. Both private and public sector wages remained steady at 2.0% and 2.4% in the year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... hefty 5.0% jump in private residential investment. However, private capital expenditure declined by 0.4% over the June quarter. Public investment increased by 2.3% (contributing 0.1 percentage points) while government consumption went up by 0.2%. Net ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... sales, industrial production, fixed asset investment and inflation slowed; Eurozone GDP growth halved to 0.3% in the June quarter from 0.6% in the first; UK house prices fell by 1% in the month of July, manufacturing production declined by 0.3% in June ...