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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... 2001. The ANZ estimates that this would subtract around 0.7 percentage points to September quarter GDP growth. US durable goods orders US durable goods orders surged by 4.8% in the month of October, beating market expectations for a 1.5% gain and followed ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... the developed countries and that's reducing demand for capital. We've had a very big fall in the relative price of capital goods - this is part of the digital economy," Garnaut said. "The absolute level of savings in China is as large as the United States ...

Markets fear Trump effect on global trade

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... Fellow of Economics at UNSW Business School, said that Trump's election promise - which include a 45% tariff on Chinese goods and 35% on Mexican goods - will, as Oliver suggested, hurt global trade. "He would be the most isolationist, protectionist President ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... October from 42.0 in September); income growth (41.0 from 41.1); employment (44.8 from 46.2) and willingness to buy durable goods (41.9 from 42.5). New Zealand labour market Expectations that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will cut interest rates ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... of economic activity that showed the economy growing at above-trend rate in the June and September quarters. US durable goods orders Us durable goods orders fell by 0.1% in the month of September, disappointing market expectations for a 0.2% gain but ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... trade "introduced a physical supply chain trigger to the terms of the transaction to confirm the geographic location of goods in transit before a notification is sent to allow for release of payment", with blockchain creating efficiency, transparency ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... - a nine month high - from 52.2. The latest survey also indicated some good news on inflation with the average costs of goods and services rising for the first time since August last year and input prices increasing at their fastest pace in 15 months ...

Watermark makes two key hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... the role of portfolio manager and will work across all of Watermark's funds, bringing with him a specialisation in capital goods, transport and infrastructure. Felton held his role at Platinum Asset Management for 12 years and was part of its flagship ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... better than the expected 1.1% pick-up. The rise in overall industrial output was driven by increases in durable consumer goods (4.9%), capital goods (2.6%), intermediate goods (2.0%) and energy (1.5%). Production of non-durable consumer goods dipped ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... deficit since April this year. Exports were flat over the month of August. Exports increases were recorded for non-rural goods (3%), rural goods rose (1%) and services debits (1%) while exports of non-monetary gold dropped by 22%. Net exports of goods ...