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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... expectations, reflecting the easing in the official CPI inflation stats. Headline CPI inflation slowed to 1.00% in the June quarter (from 1.30% in the March quarter; the trimmed mean measure eased to 1.66% (from 1.70%) and the weighted median to 1.32% ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... of 1.5% when its Board met on the 2nd of August. Below-target inflation is RBA's problem - headline at 1.0% in the June quarter; trimmed mean at 1.7%; weighted median at 1.3%. Target at 2.0% - 3.0%. But the Bank of England (BOE) outraced the RBA, delivering ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Inflation crashes to 1pct The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter 2016, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. This follows a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter 2016. Annual inflation is now just 1.0% ...

IOOF advice nets $1.3bn in FY16

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... businesses, including Ord Minnett and Shadforth, reached $1.3 billion in the year to 30 June, 2016. During the 30 June quarter, IOOF saw positive flows of $500 million in funds under management, administration and advice, reaching a total of $104.1 billion. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... revealed in their June Hedge Fund Asset Flows report that commodity based hedge experienced positive fund flows in the June quarter being the ninth month of inflows in the last 10. Long/short equity strategies had the largest aggregate redemptions of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... quickened to 1.3% from 1.2% in May. Singapore GDP Singapore economic growth accelerated to 2.2% in the year to the June quarter, up from 2.1% in the March quarter and in line with market expectations. The June quarter annual growth rate is the fastest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... price measures - labour costs, purchase costs and final products prices - in the survey remained unchanged in the June quarter from the March quarter but retail prices fell by 0.2% in the June quarter after rising by 0.5% in the three-months ended March. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... RBA to cut interest rates further in August "after it has had time to further analyse the inflation trends in the June quarter and the March quarter national accounts". Brazil retail sales It's been a commonly accepted observation that the Olympics boost ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... better than the negative real wages growth posted from the fourth quarter of 2013 to the second quarter of 2014, the June quarter of 2010 and the first nine months of 2008. This suggests that workers' still have the capacity to spend while the same time ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... a still overvalued A$. So is the pick-up in household consumption - up 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.6% in the June quarter and this, despite households maintaining their high savings rate (9.0% in Q3). Put these two together -- rising exports and ...