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Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... "indicate that central bank policies would remain accommodative for a good while yet". No central bank would want to take poll position in the race to hike interest rates - unless of course, forced to do so by rising inflation - lest its domestic currency ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... 21,837.12 and Shanghai added 0.26 per cent, or 5.19 points, to 2,015.27. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell after a political poll showed dwindling support for the National-led government. With power companies exposed to regulatory risk under a change ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... achieved more of these goals?' 69% of respondents either said 'no', or were unsure. Of the 1000 people questioned in the poll, less than 1% had received advice from a professional adviser, while 55% said their main source of financial advice had been ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Only 2 economists out of the 57 in Bloomberg's survey and just 2 - perhaps the same 2 - out of 72 economist polled by Reuters got it wrong. Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance industry, asking insurance providers about their journey to modernise their administration systems. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... as illegal. Washington issued a statement declaring that the international community "will not recognize the results of a poll administered under threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian military intervention" following the vote. Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after Wall Street plunged as lacklustre reports on Chinese and US manufacturing activity added to concerns about economic growth and emerging-market economies. At 0845 AEDT on Tuesday, the March ...