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Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... has allowed the economy of the United Kingdom to make great strides. Financial markets now expect third quarter UK GDP growth to accelerate to 0.8% from 0.7% in the previous three months. The rising momentum in economic activity has prompted the International ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third quarter from 7.5% in the previous one. Bo-ring. It's the same old story...the economy hits a ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Xmas. Never you mind that S&P Ratings Services calculates that the 16-day shutdown sliced 0.6% off US fourth quarter GDP growth from around 2.2% to 1.6%. That sort of growth keeps Fed taper at bay. Financial markets now expect the Fed to begin tapering ...

Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth growth triple global average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... the region's HNWI population grew by 9.4% to reach 3.68 million and wealth grew by 12.2% to US$12 trillion, driven by GDP growth of 5.5%, which is more than double the global average. Strong equity and real estate market performance across the region ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... improvement in the region's economy. This is no better highlighted than in the Eurozone's National Accounts that showed real GDP growth expanded by 0.3% in the second quarter - the first expansion in the economy after one and half years of contraction.A ...

Employer super contributions down as jobless figure rises

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... a number of factors, including a rise in unemployment - from 5.1% in June 2012 to 5.7 % in June 2013 - and slowing GDP growth. "It is also possible that the leakage to SMSFs is taking higher contributing members from the APRA regulated sector meaning ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... continued to grow below trend in the second quarter when the Australian National Accounts are released - experts guess GDP growth of 0.6% on the quarter and 2.5% year-on-year.A That's still below trend growth of 3.0%. The disappointing retail sales report ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... growth despite offshore volatility and domestic uncertainty - tomorrow's National Accounts is expected to show real GDP growth of 0.6% in the second quarter (2.5% year-on-year) - what more with the reduction/elimination of these. But boo hoo hoo.A I ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... all systems go! There's only one conclusion that can be concluded from the upward revision in second quarter US real GDP growth - up at annualised rate of 2.5% from the prelim 1.7% estimate - and Wall Street's positive reaction to that... Need I spell ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... above the 1.1 per cent pace expected by analysts. However, the report also included a steep downgrade in first-quarter GDP growth, which is now estimated at 1.1 per cent instead of 1.8 per cent. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee ...