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US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... barrel mark. What markets weren't expecting was the surprise big drop in the US dollar. This is a plus for oil and other commodity prices. But what caused the sharp reversal in the US dollar overnight? Specifically, NY Fed President William Dudley's ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... rate has continued to moderate".... and even though "The decline in Australia's terms of trade...continued" because "Commodity prices have declined further". It's appropriate because the Australian dollar is doing the re-equilibrating of the economy ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... median's at 1.9%. Again, it's thanks to the weaker Australian dollar which has lifted the price of 'tradables' -- a commodity is defined as tradable if "a significant proportion of its demand for domestic consumption is imported" (ABS) -- up to 0.8% ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... growth. "It's in much the same situation as the global economy, with growth constrained, plus there is the impact of lower commodity prices, although there has been some support to the economy from house building," one panel member said. There was a ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... investors whose portfolios are built around benchmarks. "The Australian equity market is dominated by financials and commodity-related sectors in terms of market capitalisation and for benchmark-driven investors this could continue to create a drag," ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... individuals is getting more difficult. "The dramatic fall of the yuan against the Greenback has led to a fall in confidence in commodity exporting countries, including Australia, prompting a massive sell-off across global sharemarkets, including the ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... in housing and utilities as a percentage of the consumption breakdown is worrying, as it points to bubble formation. Commodity price weakness is bound to be another drag on the country in the future, given its focus on mining and metals," the report ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... falling prices, underscoring the overcapacity in the country's manufacturing and industrial sectors (as well as falling commodity prices). These augur bad tidings for the rest of the world as it would prompt greater outflows out of China and put more ...

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... while supporting economic growth to lift revenues." "Despite revenue write downs of almost $34 billion caused by falling commodity prices, a declining terms of trade, weaker global growth and the adoption of a more realistic domestic growth outlook we ...