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Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... There's good news and bad news in the US labour market report for July. First, the good news: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million in July - more than market expectations for an increase ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Down, down, prices are down... big time! The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the country's headline inflation dropped by 1.9% in the June quarter - the largest quarter on quarter decline in the 72-year history that the statistician ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... insurance claims for Australians of working age. FSC senior policy manager for life insurance Nick Kirwan said: "New claims statistics tell us a lot about the differences between men and women and across all three product lines the messages are clear." ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... have returned to expansion in May and strengthened even more in June. More recently, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data showing that profits at the country's industrial firms jumped by 11.5% in the month of June - the fastest ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... Australia, with about $866 billion in assets under custody for Australian investors as at December 2019, according to statistics published by the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA). It has a 22% share of the total market at most recent ...

AIA Australia appoints behavioural economics lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... year ending March, taking a significant hit from the previous year's profits of $759 million, according to APRA statistics for March quarter.

Stimulus stutters amid record unemployment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... released. Unemployment has now hit 7.4%, the highest it has been in two decades, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). There were 210,000 jobs gained in the period but these were mostly driven by an increase in part-time employment ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is fighting back." Prime Minister Scott Morrison's declaration referring to the bounce back in the Australian labour market wouldn't have rung hollow had it not been for the second wave in Victoria - the country's ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... growth has accelerated by 0.2% in April and by 4.2% in May, after dropping by 1.7% in March. This comes amid recent statistics highlighting the recovery in business activity: industrial production grew by 4.4% in the year to May - the third straight ...

BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... super plan. There will be no change at all to the cost of insurance for members. According to December's life insurance statistics from APRA, Westpac Life Insurance had a policy revenue of $984 million in 2019 and a net profit after tax of $157 million. ...