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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... improvements in output, new orders, new export business and employment. Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Spain recorded the fastest growth in September, Italy moved to expansion territory while France edged closer to stability. Greece remained in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... spending dropped by a sharp 4.6% in the year to August. This compares with market expectations for a 2.5% fall and is the fastest rate of decline since the 5.3% fall recorded in March this year. As with retail sales, slow wage growth and persistent deflation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... prices Heating up again. The average price of new homes in China's 70 cities increased by 9.2% in the year to August - the fastest rate since January 2014 -- following a7.9% gain in the previous month. The year-on-year growth in average house prices ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... to India. "There are many compelling reasons to invest in India. Among those reasons are that India is now the world's fastest growing major economy with China-style GDP growth, currently over 7.5% p.a. Whilst as we've seen with China, growth can stagnate ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... to fruition, and this pre-accelerator lays the groundwork for that." The joint venture said agribusiness is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Australia and expected to grow more than 10% faster than global gross domestic product. Agriculture and ...

TH Real Estate buys stake in Myer store

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... sustainable income returns making it a defensive long term investment. Melbourne's metropolitan population is currently the fastest growing of any capital city in Australia, which supports the long term growth in Melbourne's CBD retail spend."

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual growth rate of 3.3% in the June quarter is the fastest since the June quarter of 2012 and marked the economy's 25th year of recession-free performance. The year-on-year rate of growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... tally takes the year-on-year change in industrial production down from minus 1.5% in June to minus 3.8% in July - the fastest rate since January this year and the eight straight month of decline. UK consumer confidence The Brits appear to have shaken ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... homes has triggered concerns that Australia's housing boom is coming to an end. New home sales dropped by 9.7% -- the fastest since May 2006 - to 7,110 units - the lowest in two years - in July, more than reversing the previous month's 8.2% increase. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... month of July, more than reversing the previous month's 4.2% decline. This is the first expansion in three months and the fastest rate of increase since October last year. However, July's figure had been exaggerated by aircraft orders - non-defense aircraft ...