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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... elaborate what these are in its statement but the nearest one is the 23 June referendum on 'Brexit'. US consumer credit US consumers spent big in April - up 1.0% in the month of April (the fastest monthly rise since August 2009) after recording no growth ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... March, stronger than consensus expectations for a 94.0 reading and February's 94.0 (upwardly revised from 92.2). While US consumers' assessment of their present conditions fell to 113.5 in March - the lowest reading since November last year -- from 115 ...

Super industry collectively engages indigenous Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
A collective of Australian superannuation funds and industry representative groups are committed to improving access and engagement with the indigenous community after a recent summit. According to First Nations Foundation chief executive, Trevor Pearce ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month. US manufacturing's expanding, US house prices are rising and US consumers are cheerier. Hip, hip... It's payback time -- payback for the deep freeze in the first quarter economy caused by the polar ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Fed's stimulation. Would the Fed risk reversing this by starting its tapering move sooner rather than later? Would US consumers cower when the Fed actually implement its first reduction in stimulus? For answers we'll have to wait for later this week ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... first time since 2005. The Federal Reserve echoes these results with just released survey figures showing 6.9% of US consumers plan to buy a home in the next six months. The news on the hoped for resolution to the Fiscal Cliff negotiations isn't so upbeat. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... Federal Reserve showing consumer credit was growing at a 3.7 per cent annual rate in September, another sign that US consumers are spending rather than hoarding their dollars. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.24 points, or 0.38 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... rise, the exporters' federation said on Tuesday expressing cautious optimism for the coming months. WASHINGTON - US consumers appeared to regain confidence in November, with a key survey released on Tuesday showing a recovery from the lowest levels seen ...