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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
Australia company profits The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Business Indicators, Australia" report shows that gross operating profits dropped by 4.7% in the March quarter following a 2.8% drop in the fourth quarter of last year and disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... May from 51.7 in the previous month while the services PMI was unchanged at 53.1. Not only this, "The forward-looking indicators also suggest that growth is more likely to weaken further than accelerate. Inflows of new work showed the smallest rise for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... negative readings - indicating deteriorating activity in the US labour market. The LMCI comprises 19 labour market indicators "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... outlook for the months ahead." Japan leading index A significant drop in Japan's leading composite index (of 12 economic indicators) in February justifies recent speculations that the the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would announce further policy easing later ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... scenarios; low-carbon energy research and development and investment strategies; relevant strategic key performance indicators and executive incentives; and public policy positions relating to climate change. Meanwhile, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... Indications of weakness in the economy continue to pile up in Japan. The leading index - a composite of 12 economic indicators - declined to 99.8 in February from 101.8 in January. While only slightly lower than expectations for a 99.9 reading, it has ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... between indigenous and mainstream education across Australia was closing, and has been since about 2005, but financial indicators have been a letdown. "The gap for unemployment is rising, and for men, it's rising quite highly even though they are the ...

Not enough super users: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... good but it could be doing better in several areas according to a modeling tool that tracks 10 of the industry's key indicators. The latest data coming from the AIST Mercer Super Tracker shows Australia's superannuation system could further its reach ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... fight another economic downturn. There are now growing speculation that a recession is imminent. While many recent indicators appear to have slowed, they are still above levels that portend a recession. However, the loss of confidence in central banks' ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... "Foreign economic developments, in particular, pose risks to U.S. economic growth. Most notably, although recent economic indicators do not suggest a sharp slowdown in Chinese growth, declines in the foreign exchange value of the renminbi have intensified ...