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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Australia capex Private new capital expenditure declined by 5.2% in the March quarter, lower than the expected 3.0% fall and reversing the previous three-month period's 1.8% increase. Investment in buildings and structures dropped by 7.9% over the quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Australia construction work done The value of construction work done in Australia fell by 2.6% in the March quarter, missing market expectations for a quarter-on-quarter decline of 1.5% but an improvement from December's 2.9% contraction and September's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... month. The latest GDP growth outcome won't help much. The Singapore economy expanded by 1.8% in the year to the March quarter, the same annual growth rate recorded in the previous two quarters. The quarter-on-quarter growth rate shows the economy grew ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... administration is going out with a bang. Economic growth in the Philippines quickened to 6.9% in the year to the March quarter from the previous quarter's 6.5% rate. This is higher than market expectations for annual growth of 6.6% and takes the growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... those in the public sector remained unchanged at 0.5%. Year-on-year, growth in total wages slowed to 2.1% in the March quarter from 2.2% in the last quarter of 2015; wages in the private sector eased to 1.9% from 2.0% over the same period; public sector ...

Life insurance balancing APRA priorities with increased profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... profit, which increased overall by 16.9% to $3 billion in the year to March 2016, has been risk products. Based on the March quarter stats, net profit after tax for these products was $378 million; and individual lump sum risk contributed the majority ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... first quarter after registering a 1.2% increase in Q4 2015. Year-on-year, Japanese real GDP declined by 0.1% in the March quarter of this year following expansions of 0.9% in the December quarter and 1.8% in the September quarter.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... 3 May Board meeting following "information showing inflationary pressures are lower than expected". To be sure, March quarter CPI inflation measures - headline (1.3%), trimmed mean (1.7%), weighted median (1.4%) - all came in below expectations and moved ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... 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 the economy of ...

SMSFs have cash top of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... listed shares. OneVue said investment in cash and term deposits by SMSF investors increased by 2.7% to 19.9% in the March quarter of 2016, compared to the December quarter of last year. It is the biggest quarterly jump for this asset class in OneVue ...