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Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Average hourly earnings growth accelerated to 3.1% in the year to October from 2.8% in the previous month. No wonder American consumers are so happy. The Conference Board's consumer sentiment index rose to an 18-year high of 137.9 in October - same ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... quarter of 2018 had been replaced by back-to-back quarters of exceptionally strong contributions to overall growth from American household consumption. The US economy expanded at an annualised rate of 3.5% in the third quarter following the 4.2% surge ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... the participants are living with parents to save money, the survey said. Separate research from global asset manager American Century Investments showed millennials are leading the charge behind impact investing. The global survey found impact investing ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last minute trade ...

Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... over the US-China trade war. "If we have widespread tariffs and a protectionist world, that's going to be bad for American families... and also for other countries," he added.

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... US$267 billion of goods coming from China. This would certainly prompt retaliation from China in equal measure. The Sino-American tit-for-tat is the public face of the trade war but there's also battles being waged against Canada and Mexico (NAFTA) ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... divide is even wider - they are 34% less likely to make their first promotion than men. Although the data set is North American, the findings have global relevance, the study's authors believe. Nine in 10 of the financial services companies surveyed ...

Millennials looking for impact: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... operations in Australia shows impact investing is growing in popularity, with millennials leading the charge. According to American Century Investments, the appeal of impact investing reached 49% among respondents to a 2018 survey, jumping 11 points ...

Chief economist update: Small business is big business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
"I want to thank all of you, the small business owners, who are the engine of American prosperity. And, you know, I've been saying it for a long time, but you really are. You look at even the stats and you look at the numbers. You look at the taxes ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... the asset manager due to its existing client relationships and ability to market absolute return services to a North American client base, according to Platinum. Commenting at the time, Platinum chief executive Kerr Neilson said the appointment of AccessAlpha ...