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Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... 2017 GDP growth projections to 2.2% this year (from 1.9% in June). The ECB raised its GDP forecast for 2017 to 2.2%, the fastest rate since 2007, compared with 1.9% seen in June before slowing to 1.8% in 2018 and 1.7% in 2019. More important, its inflation ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... economic growth momentum continues. Economic growth went up a gear (or two) expanding by 1.1% in the June quarter - the fastest quarterly pace one quarter short of six years - for an annual growth rate of 3.7% - not seen since the March quarter of 2006. ...

Millennial SMSFs making impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... proposition for financial advisers. The latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report shows millennials now represent the fastest growing segment within all active investors, with 50% of all new investors in the last 12 months being under 35 years of age. ...

Implemented Portfolios hires for national expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... Implemented Portfolios founder and chief executive, corporate development Santi Burridge said. "The Perth area is one of our fastest growing regions, so it made sense to open up a local presence to service our expanding support base." The appointments ...

MyState advice arm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... last financial year. The Tasmanian financial group's wealth management arm increased its funds under management at the fastest rate in many years, up 8% to $1.1 billion. Its funds under advice also grew, increasing from $738 million to $778 million as ...

The negatives in the positive jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... of monthly hours worked fell by 0.84% in the month of July following June's 0.67% increase and May's 1.52% surge - the fastest since January 2015. The trend measure shows a similar deceleration in monthly hours worked. They went up by 0.31% in July - ...

Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Retail sales increased by 0.6% in July after gaining 0.3% (revised from a 0.2% fall) in the previous month. This is the fastest monthly rate since December last year and higher than market expectations for a 0.3% pick up. Core retail spending (ex-autos) ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Eurozone GDP growth has accelerated to 2.1% in the year to the second quarter from 1.9% in the first quarter. This is the fastest growth rate in six years. The unemployment rate in the region has steadily fallen to 9.1% in June - the lowest level since ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... June from 5.0% in the previous month. This is the third straight month of improvement in the annual growth rate and the fastest since January this year. But unlike in previous months where credit growth was punctuated by acceleration in credit directed ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... 2016). This also represents the fourth consecutive month of accelerating year-on-year growth in employment - up 2% (the fastest in 14 months). Even better, full-time jobs accounted for all of the total gains in June - up 62,000 - and May - up 53,000. ...