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The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... dreaming. Low wages growth will keep consumer spending in check and/or deter businesses from lifting the price of their goods and services that, in turn, would counteract any upward pressure in inflation. Those expecting the RBA to cut interest rates ...

4D hires infrastructure specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
4D Infrastructure recruited a new investment analyst to take responsibility for US stock coverage. Peter Aquilina joined the firm earlier this year, bringing with him more than 10 years' experience in investing and managing infrastructure asset companies ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... increased strongly for all imported products: mineral fuels (36.3%); raw materials (15.3%); chemicals (13.8%); manufactured goods (12.9%); foodstuff (12.6%); electrical machinery (10.6%); transport equipment (9.5%); others (9.2%). Like the Eurozone ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... 1.0% growth in February exports is weaker than December's 5.0 surge and growth in some of its major components - non-rural goods (up 1%); services (up 1%); net exports under mercantiling (0%) - not that spectacular. Rural goods exports dropped by 5.0%. ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... growth outlook. Not only that, the strong US dollar will also lessen pressure on inflation as cheaper prices of imported goods and services make their way into the domestic economy - and this comes at a time when crude oil prices have started to reverse ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... by 4.6% in the year to February, speeding up from 3.8% in the previous month and 1.9% in December, as costs of consumer goods, foods and industrial supplies and materials increased. The price of imports increased at the fastest rate in five years despite ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... high job openings and record low layoffs". Private employment grew strongly in both the services (up 193K in February) and goods-producing sectors (up 106K) and across company size: small businesses (up 104K); medium businesses (up 122k) and large businesses ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... from a 3.0% drop in exports in January that was worsened by a 4.0% increase in imports. The ABS broke down the decline in "goods and services credits' (exports) to: "Non-monetary gold fell $671m (39%) and non-rural goods fell $403m (2%). Rural goods ...

Christmas not spent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... fell from 101.3 in November to 97.3 in December and was recently updated to 97.4 in January. The ABS reports that household goods retailing dropped by 2.3% over the month, "...the result of a fall in the hardware, building and garden supplies retailing ...

Small caps taking over IPO market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... million) These IPOs were distributed across the investments, retailing, utilities, automobiles, energy, software and capital goods sectors.