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| | | ... "Indeed, economic growth has consistently surprised to the upside this year, as most recently seen in the strong retail sales data released earlier this week," he said. "Forecasters generally expect gross domestic product to come in very strong for the ... |
| | | | ... new business annuity sales increased to 9.8 years in the quarter, up from 5.5 years in the pcp. Meanwhile, domestic retail sales decreased 4% to $945 million, reflecting higher lifetime annuity sales and fixed term annuity sales of two years or more ... |
| | | | ... Protection products to extend our proposition to meet the needs of a broader set of customers," TAL general manager, retail sales and new business Beau Riley said. At the same time, he said it's understood many Australians are experiencing cost of living ... |
| | | | ... $700 million (up 49%). Some 74% of new business annuity sales were longer dated at two years, up from 50% in FY22. Retail sales were also supported by an increase in adviser quoting levels, up 59% on the prior corresponding period. Institutional sales ... |
| | | | ... to retreat to within the target band of 2-3% this year," he said. "Rebounding housing activity and prices, robust retail sales and near full employment do not point to an economy on the brink of a significant slowdown. The RBA is clearly not done with ... |
| | | | ... the edge. Diana Mousina, deputy chief economist at AMP, said signs that the economy is weakening are everywhere. Retail sales has slowed, the unemployment rate is rising, building construction is collapsing, and this is all occurring at a time that the ... |
| | | | ... is unlikely, but equally can't be ruled out. "The arguments for holding steady include that: the recent falls in retail sales and building approvals suggest weakening growth; the April jobs numbers suggested the labour market is loosening; the Q1 wages ... |
| | | | ... governor Phillip Lowe has highlighted the importance of key data points, including labour force data, consumer surveys, retail sales, and monthly consumer price data, in determining the central banks next move. While recent growth momentum has shown ... |
| | | | ... sales were up 11% to $5.5 billion, driven by "exceptional" growth in retail annuity sales; up 89% to $2.1 billion. Retail sales also benefited from strong reinvestment rates; 68% of fixed term maturities were reinvested into a new product. Meanwhile ... |
| | | | ... dovish expectations. "This is especially surprising to us given a range of softer domestic data recently - across retail sales, house prices, loans and credit growth, and employment and unemployment; the RBA didn't mention this," UBS said. UBS now forecasts ... |
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