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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... robust 24 reading and inventories were flat at -4. China economic activity The latest updates on China's major economic indicators show that fears of a hard landing in the Chinese economy that greeted 2016 are just that. Retail sales advanced by 10.8% ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... Committee will... will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." Labor market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... terms of trade remain significantly lower than they have been in recent years. While acknowledging that labour market indicators remained somewhat mixed, it underlined that "forward-looking indicators point to continued expansion in employment in the ...

Return to value-based investing on horizon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
A return to value-based investing is on the cards with several indicators demonstrating that global and domestic economies have reached an inflection point, an Australian fund manager says. Perennial Value Management says this inflection point could ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... members." The five system-level objectives will be accompanied by 22 assessment criteria, and supported by 89 overlapping indicators for competition and efficiency. Commissioner Angela MacRae made it clear the assessment is not about comparing the performance ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... suggests Chinese businesses have weathered various macro headwinds reasonably well." This was how senior economist of MNI Indicators Andy Wu explained the improvement in the MNI China business sentiment index to 53.1 in November from 52.2 in October. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... inventories contributed minus 0.01 to the headline index in October, up from minus 0.03 in September. Employment-related indicators made no contribution but an improvement from the minus 0.01 in the previous month. The contribution from the personal ...

CommInsure update champions progress

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... staff trained to provide fair customer outcomes and values. "An independent review of claims staff key performance indicators (KPIs) for 2015 and 2016 led to the Commonwealth Bank and CommInsure being satisfied that, overall, the KPIs did not raise issues ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... declined in October but according to NAB chief economist, Alan Oster, "The recent moderation in some NAB Business Survey indicators is a concerning trend that warrants close monitoring, but our assessment is that the deterioration to date is not (yet) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... figure was also revised higher to a reading of minus 0.3 from minus 1.3. The LMCI is derived from 19 labour market indicators covering "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring ...