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QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... killed QE because "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions improved somewhat further, with solid job gains and a lower unemployment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... the Consumer Price Index for the September quarter, while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also due out, as is the Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator for September. Former Australian Competition and Consumer ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... (that was three months ago. And what happened three months before was a payback for the polar vortex weakened economic activity three months before three months before. Consensus expectations are for the three months to September to be weaker. Two, it ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... over the coming years as projects reach completion and few new projects commence." "The pick-up in non-mining economic activity is occurring, albeit gradually." The June quarter capital expenditure survey confirms these. House prices continue to rise ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... the financial system to be Australia's largest industry sector and that it is consuming greater proportions of economic activity while not necessarily generating commensurate economic growth. The risk is that if this continues the finance sector and ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... targeted at minimising tax leakage or exporting services, growing the number of high paid jobs and lifting overall economic activity, said Ken Woo, asset management industry leader at PwC. To achieve this, Australia doesn't need to offer tax concessions ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... month of decline - to 1,044 K - the lowest level since October 2008. This, along with recent reports that UK economic activity remains strong, if not accelerating, and one could argue that the United Kingdom is strong enough to withstand a small adjustment ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... toward its objective over the medium term." (18 June statement) "The Committee sees the risks to the outlook for economic activity and the labor market as nearly balanced and judges that the likelihood of inflation running persistently below 2 percent ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... term averages. Over the medium to longer term, our view of the market is more positive, contingent on increased economic activity resulting from historically low interest rates," he added.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... six points at 5,467. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals and Iluka Resources are expected to post quarterly reports while ...