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More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... superannuation funds or 40,000 plus investment options. But that well-worn adage remains true: past performance is not necessarily a good guide to future performance," he said. Work must also be done to ensure new entrants - without a track record and ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... growth to pick up, to average a bit above 3% in 2018 and 2019." Financial Standard's recently-published "Good Economics Guide" explains that total economic output is derived from the sum of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G) ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... increase in the consumption tax from 8% to 10% in October 2019. Excluding the hike, it expects prices to rise to 1.8%. This is good and achievable especially if the BOJ's latest move to eliminate the target date for achieving its inflation goal halts ...

Chief economist update: Australian workers, don't expect a pay rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... growth... and low inflation... and no RBA rate hikes in the "near term". Financial Standard's recently-released "Good Economics Guide" contains a definition of the ABS Labour Force survey and its market implications. Here's a snippet: "The Australian ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... - before Trump's announced, and later implemented, tariff increases on steel and aluminium. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data Depending on one's proclivity, the latest quarterly China Beige Book survey - patterned after ...

Chief economist update: The trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... suggests that there's still plenty of slack in the labour market. Financial Standard's recently-released Good Economics Guide contains a definition of the ABS Labour Force survey and its market implications. Here's a snippet: The Australian Labour Force ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal exemplified

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... no country exempted from the increase in tariffs, there's now "grace" for America's allies. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data As Bloomberg reports: "Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... growth has been trending at around 2.5% over the past few years. As Financial Standard's recently-published Good Economics Guide explains, total economic output is derived from the sum of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G) and exports ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... year; business confidence and conditions are stronger; so too is capex, actual and expected. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data These were reasons enough for both the ANZ and NAB to expect the Australian central bank ...

Chief economist update: The other president for life in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... January 2016 and the Micex composite index reached a record high of 2341.9 points on 27 January. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data While already on an uptrend, S&P Global Ratings upgrade of Russia's foreign foreign ...