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Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showed sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers dropped to a reading of 6 in the March quarter from 12 in the fourth quarter of last year and lower than consensus expectations for a reading of 9. Likewise, Eurozone ...

Managed fund allocations jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... quarter found that investment in managed funds (unitised trusts) by trustees rose by 5.10% to 28.19%, compared to the March quarter of 2015. This asset class is now the biggest for OneVue SMSF advice investors and also posted the largest rise over the ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... remains positive -- thanks to low inflation. And though real wages have come down from the 1.0% annual rate in the March quarter of last year to 0.5% in the December quarter, they're far better than the negative real wages growth posted from the fourth ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... missed falling into a technical recession with growth rising by 0.2% in the second quarter from negative 0.2% in the March quarter (after a strong 0.7% December quarter pace when the cap was still in place) - and inflation - the annual core inflation ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... to around US$65 a tonne in the midst of the global financial crisis -- China's GDP growth slowed to 6.2% in the March quarter of 2009 -- with the subsequent rebound to double/high digit growth sparking a concomitant bounce in the price of iron ore. China's ...

Life risk sales bounce back

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... research. DEXX&R's life analysis report for the June quarter shows that new business in the sector grew by 15% on the March quarter to $321 million. As reported in Financial Standard, this follows two quarters of falling sales - although DEXX&R's previous ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... hike in America would be like a pin prick had this land "girt by sea" been growing near trend. But at 2.3% in the March quarter (the latest available), the economy's operating at about 1% below trend growth. The latest update on private new capital expenditure ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... of Australia's population aged between 65-74, so it is pleasing that certain couples are almost reaching the ASFA March quarter 2015 standard for a comfortable lifestyle of $58,444 per annum," Rubinsztein said. The average single Australian is expected ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... mechanism" the RBI governor spoke about. Latest data show that the Indian economy expanded by 7.5% in the year to the March quarter, up from 6.6% in the last quarter of 2014. Yes, you got that right, India grew faster than China. This pace of expansion ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... ECI -- the broadest measure of employment cost - increased by a mere 0.2% in the second quarter from 0.7% in the March quarter. This is the slowest in the index's 33-year recorded history and is sharply lower than expectations for a 0.6% lift. The year-on-year ...