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Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... consistent with the equally big falls in consumer sentiment? Well, as it turns out the worm has turned. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index bounced back 4.7 points to a reading of 95.5 in February - partially offsetting the 7.1-point ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
"Not happy, Jan!" For the young ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... generating a virtuous cycle of optimism, even greater spending, jobs and growth. Speaking of optimism, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index remains at its strongest level since the year 2000 despite its recent slip from 99 in September ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... 0.6 percentage points from 2.8 pps in the December 2017 quarter. And if the latest indications from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey is any guide, it shall be so...i.e. weak. Consumer sentiment fell to 98.2 in June inched up from ...

AMP Capital enters US telco market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... use the investment from AMP Capital to fund organic network growth and further acquisitions; it already owns two major Michigan-based fiber network operators. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals but it expected to finalise in the second ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... monetary policy settings is exactly to ensure that rising inflation doesn't get out of hand. The latest University of Michigan consumer confidence survey attests to this with the readings on inflation expectations unchanged at 2.7% (one-year ahead) and ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... consumer is king and given latest stats they're feeling like one too. While the preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index slowed to a reading of 97.8 in November, this was from the 13-year high print of 100.7 in October's ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... anchored as they appear and perhaps are not consistent with our 2% goal". This is because results from the University of Michigan survey of consumers, "as well as a survey of consumers carried out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, do hint that ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... releases - which on balance disappointed market expectations - helped bring long yields lower. While the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to its best level since January this year 97.7 in May from 97.0 in the previous month and beat ...

NZ Super Fund CEO joins PPI board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... endowments, foundations and asset managers. The organisation also recently appointed the chief investment officer of Michigan's Municipal Employees Retirement System, Jeb Burns, as its new vice chair. Johnson said Burns "has made tremendous contributions ...