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A world of distrust: Edelman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... crisis are deep and wide-ranging," Edelman president and chief executive Richard Edelman said. "It began with the Great Recession of 2008, but like the second and third waves of a tsunami, globalisation and technological change have further weakened ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... the Asian Crisis when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession and September 11 by depreciating from US$0.65 to below US$0.50. It cushioned the economy during the GFC when it dropped from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... stay the same, another quarter of negative contribution from net exports would take the Australian economy to its first recession since 1990. But that's if you believe that one swallow makes a spring. Monthly export growth figures - the seasonally adjusted ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... consensus expectations for a 101.0 print and represents the highest level since July 2007 (111.94) - before the 'Great Recession'. There's also the ISM and Markit manufacturing surveys that indicated increasing expansion in the manufacturing sector notwithstanding ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... consensus expectations for a 101.0 print and represents the highest level since July 2007 (111.94) - before the 'Great Recession'. The current conditions index went up by 7.2 points to 130.3 in November while the expectations component increased by 5.7 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... last thing Japan needs. The March 2011 quake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown sent what was already a slowing economy back into recession. Real GDP contracted by 2.0% in the March 2011 quarter and by 0.6% in the following three-month period. Not now when domestic ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... housing is a resilient asset class as demonstrated by relatively steady occupancy and rental rates through the last recession. The long term fundamentals of college enrolment should provide a durable tailwind for the sector." Student Quarters president ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... the answer to the global growth and reflation central banks have been desperately trying to achieve since the 'Great Recession'. The sharp gains in two of Australia's biggest commodity exports - along with a lower Australian dollar (for there seems to ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
It seems so long ago now but at the start of October (or thereabouts), we were treated to several regional Fedspeaks -- including, among others, Cleveland Federal Reserve president Loretta Mester, Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the Great Recession in 2009. The Conference Board reports that, "Consumers' assessment of present-day conditions improved, primarily the result ...