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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... April following a small 0.2% gain in the previous month. This is better than market expectations for a 1.4% rise and the fastest rate of increase since January 2016's 3.5% surge. Capital goods production rose by 3.8% in the year to April while intermediate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... producer prices As in China, producer prices in Japan remain in deflation, falling by 4.2% in the year to April - the fastest rate of decline since November 2009 -- accelerating from April's 3.8% decline and missing market expectations for a 3.7% drop. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... 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 in the previous month - using mostly their savings - the savings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the highest in four years - in May after dipping by 0.6% in the previous month. Jobs advertised ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... in the domestic economy up to 3.1%, accelerating from 2.9% rate in Q4 2015 -- more than the expected 2.8% rise and the fastest growth rate since September 2012. This puts Australia's year-on-year economic growth rate ahead of the US (2.0%), the Eurozone ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... electricity, gas and water services down by 5.6%. Gross profits were down by 8.4% in the year to the March quarter - the fastest rate of decline in four years - to A$59.3 billion - the lowest level in six years. This, along with last week's disappointing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... better than the expected 0.5% increase and followed the 1.9% pick-up in the previous month. The April increase is the fastest since last January. But it's not. The surge in the total for April was largely due to the 64.9% (not a typo) in non-defense ...

Charter Hall's FUM grows to $17bn

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... fund manager, Craig Newman said: "The acquisition of One Shelley Street secures for CPOF a strategic property in Sydney's fastest growing office precinct, improving the WALE and average building age of the CPOF portfolio, whilst also improving the average ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... activity is being offset by strong gains in the housing market. Sales of new single family homes surged by 16.6% -- the fastest monthly growth rate since January 1992 -- to an annualised rate of 619,000 units in April. This is significantly higher than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... The Eurozone economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, up from 0.3% in the previous two quarters and the fastest quarterly growth rate in a year. Further acceleration over the next three-month period appears to be at risk now gauging from ...