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China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... previous three quarters of the same year. This is better than market expectations for steady growth (6.8%) and is the fastest rate of expansion since September quarter of 2015. The strong start to 2017 is backed up by other indicators. Non-farm fixed ...

CGT top of adviser minds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Capital gains tax is the fastest growing adviser query ahead of the 1 July changes to superannuation, according to the BT Advice Technical team. BT technical consultant Tim Howard said during the March quarter advisers were most keen to identify how ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... "Since then, interest has gradually built year-on-year. Fund flow keeps growing. And that's aided by the fact that the fastest-growing cohort in Australia is people over 65, who are looking at a 7% dividend yield versus a 1.5% cash rate. The difference ...

Adviser cybercrime insurance launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Brooks said. Cybercrime is estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $16 billion in the next decade, and is one of the fastest growing risks for companies globally, according to figures from global insurer Lloyd's. Adviser Ratings policy managing ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... core inflation rate is right smack at the British central bank's inflation target - up 2.0% in the year to February - the fastest annual rate since June 2014 - from 1.6% in the previous month and 1.4% in June 2016 (Brexit vote). And there's more upward ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... the September quarter and 1.0% in June quarter. While this is in line with market expectations, the latest figure is the fastest annual rate of growth since the first quarter of 2016. Wages and salaries per hour worked rose by 1.6% year-on-year in the ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... decision suggest its steady as he goes... up. US headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.7% in the year to February - the fastest rate since March 2012 - from 2.5% in the previous month. Core inflation eased to 2.2% from 2.3% but remains above the Fed's ...

Traded goods inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... costs of consumer goods, foods and industrial supplies and materials increased. The price of imports increased at the fastest rate in five years despite the strength in US dollar (up 3.0% between February 2016 and February 2017) and a decline in imported ...

Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... by 7.8% in the year to February, up from 6.9% in the previous month and higher than the expected 7.7% rise. This is the fastest rate of increase in producer prices since September 2008 and marked the sixth consecutive month of accelerating inflation ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... growth in lending to households accelerated to 2.2% in the year to January from 2.0% in the previous month. This is the fastest annual rate of increase since May 2011 and the third consecutive month of strengthening credit growth. Credit to non-financial ...