Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 441 - 450 of 2282 results for "Bureau"

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one month and disappoint the next, or vice-versa. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Labour Force' report provided another excitement (confusion?) to financial markets when the seasonality ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... which is significant as it gives the system a lot of inherent flexibility. According to recent statistics by the Australian Bureau thereof, over a quarter of post-65 retirees are opting to receive superannuation as an income stream, up from 20% in 2003-04. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australia lending finance Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a sharp 9.0% increase in the total value commercial finance commitments in July, more than reversing the 8.2% drop in the previous month. The increase was driven by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... rate's a miss - 4.9% actual versus 4.8% expected. The average workweek's a miss - 34.3 hours versus 34.5 hours expected. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) report shows that while jobs in the service sector increased in August, those in mining, construction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 5.4% in the June quarter following a similar 5.4% decline in the three months to period and worse than market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Australia dwelling approvals The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest tally on building approvals show total new dwellings approved jumped by a sharp 11.3% in the month of July, more than offsetting the declines registered in June (-4.7%) and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Australia managed funds The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data showing that funds under management in the managed fund industry rose by 3.0% to A$2,721.6 billion in the June quarter from A$2,646.7 billion in the previous three-month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... the annual rate of growth in employment remains at roughly 2.0% -- 1.9% in July. This is consistent with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) declaration in its report that, "Over the past 12 months, trend employment increased by 212,300 (or 1.8%) ...