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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... said. China claims nearly 25% of Australia's two-way trade, but the value of this trade is nearly double that of trade with Japan - Australia's second-largest individual trading partner, ACFS said.

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 ...

PIMCO hiring for 20 new roles in Asia expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
PIMCO will hire over 20 new professionals in sales and marketing, operations, legal and compliance roles to facilitate its Asia Pacific expansion. Speaking to Financial Standard, PIMCO head of Asia Pacific Eric J. Mogelof said the region "continues ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... speculation the region's central bank have reached an end game. The same "end-game" speculation that's plaguing the Bank of Japan (BOJ). While it has promised -- and repeated and reiterated that promise over the past few weeks -- it would act this month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumer credit Total US consumer credit went up by US$17.7 billion in July, stronger than the previous month's US14.5 billion increase and more than market expectations for a US$15.6 billion rise. Non-revolving credit - i.e. car and student loans ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... latest growth number puts Australia ahead of the United States (1.2%) the Eurozone (1.6%), the United Kingdom (2.2%) and Japan (0.6%). The details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report show that the RBA governor's constant nagging may ...

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  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Australia HIA new home sales Fresh data released by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) on sales of new 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 - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...