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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... is continuing" supported by expanding domestic demand - except for the very large decline in business investment - and exports that, in turn, are being buoyed by low interest rates and the "lower exchange rate since 2013". However, the RBA expects inflation ...

Report finds fresh barriers to funds management exports

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... Trusts (MITs) doubling from $20.3 billion to $43.6 billion over the past five years. However, the proportion of total exports represented by financial exports has remained static at 3.6% over that period. "There is potential to export a lot more," Johnson ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) 'Composition of Trade Australia' report shows that in 2015, Australian exports to the United Kingdom made up only 2.8% of total exports and for the European Union as a whole, a mere 7.4%. So in terms of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... yen's continued appreciation - up from ¥120.55 per US dollar at the start of 2016 to ¥110.73 at the end of May - sent exports down by 11.3% in the year to May - the 8th straight month of year-on-year decline - following a 10.1% drop in the previous ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... appears to have picked up". Household spending has been strengthening since the start of the year and "the drag form net exports appears to have lessened, but business fixed investment has been soft". And so continues the run of mixed indications that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... interest rates by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.25% following its 9 June monetary policy meeting because, "...exports have continued their trend of decline and the improvements in domestic demand activities such as consumption have weakened ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... health of the Chinese consumer, the absence of unemployment, and China's relentless rising market share of global exports," McClone said. Another area of concern for investors has been the potential impact of US interest-rate hikes and a stronger ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Australian economy is cactus. Just ask shadow federal treasurer Chris Bowen. He thinks that the absent the contribution from exports, there would have been no growth in the first quarter. Deym! For sure, exports contributed 1 percentage point to first ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... February last year. The improvement in the country's trade balance was due to the combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ECB on hold The European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... 2015 and significantly higher than market expectations for a 0.8% quarterly lift - driven by strong contributions from exports (1.0 percentage point) and household final consumption expenditure (0.4 pp). Private capital investment subtracted 0.5 percentage ...