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Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... quarters, the strength in household consumption indicates that the Q4 inventory build-up is anything but unwanted). Net exports (exports minus imports) provided no contribution in the fourth quarter with the 0.1 pp contribution from exports negated by ...

Financial services adding more to economy than mining

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Management, Australia said: "This report highlights a potential opportunity for innovative financial services firms to increase exports of financial services, which are currently only 3.5% of the $2.6 trillion in funds under management, but also the ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... details are woeful with Markit commenting that, "Every indicator from the flash PMI survey, from output, order books and exports to employment, inventories and prices, is flashing a warning light about the health of the manufacturing economy. Euro zone ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... inflows in order to weaken the domestic currency relative to others in order to gain a price advantage in the home country's exports relative to others and import deflation. This is the "beggar-thy-neighbour policy" of Economics 101: cheapen the currency ...

Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... successful the investment industry has become despite its globally uncompetitive tax structure," noted the report. For example, exports of financial services only account for a small 3.5 per cent of the total funds management industry. "To grow our financial ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... hope is that a bigger negative on interest rates would stop capital inflows and depress yen. Stronger yen equals weak exports (especially in this current cycle of slowing global growth) that, along with currency translation effects equal weak profits ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... stimulate lending. to boost consumption and investment. to discourage capital inflows, to weaken the currency to boost exports, to raise inflation by lifting import prices. All well and good... if "the others" aren't doing the same thing. But they are ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... notwithstanding the headwinds from "subdued foreign growth and the appreciation of the dollar" that has "restrained net exports" and "lower oil prices" that "have caused companies to slash jobs and sharply cut capital outlays". "And while inflation is ...

FSC proposes Budget fixes to boost fin services exports

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the Commonwealth Government to to use its May Budget to implement the 2009 Johnson Review recommendations to bolster the export of Australian financial services. Andrew Bragg, FSC Director of Policy ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the developed economies and "stresses in emerging markets" could spill over into America. " "This translates into weaker exports, business investment and manufacturing in the United States, slower progress on hitting the inflation target, and financial ...