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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, 30 JUN 2016
... May after falling by 3.0% in April - but "multi-unit" sales rebounded by 4.9% last month after slumping by 10.7% in April. HIA chief economist Harley Dale noted in the report that, "There is nothing alarming to a reversal in the trend for new home sales. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... 8.9% increase, driven by a 10.8% drop in multi-unit purchases and a 3.0% decline in sales of detached houses. According to HIA, "The trend in new home sales reiterates that the peak for the cycle has passed, but the descent we're now observing is very ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... in exports and a smaller 1% gain in imports. Australia new home sales Likewise, data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) shows that sales of new homes in the country have again picked up pace, rising by 8.9% -- the fastest pace since January ...

Frontier appoints capital markets analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Frontier Advisors has appointed an analyst to its capital markets team. Cadence Ho joins Frontier in May having completed her Master of Economics at the University of Queensland. Prior to that, she was a product specialist at UOB Kay Hian Holdings in ...

Productivity Commission should focus on Choice underperformance: AIST

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia has said that the Productivity Commission Review of superannuation should focus on the underperformance of funds in the Choice sector. Specifically, Garcia recommended that the ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
It could be because of China's one-week hiatus or the Fed's decision to maintain policy settings where they are or the resurgence in equity and commodity markets or all of the above but it seems the times. they're not a-changin'. This, at least, could ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... out. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index and the HIA New home sales for June, are also due out. Meanwhile, CAPA Corporate Travel & Airport Innovation Summit in on in Sydney. ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... and its creditors hung over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations in Germany. Locally on Friday, HIA releases its new home sales and the Reserve Bank releases private sector credit data. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... per cent. Locally in economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases retail spending figures for March and the HIA new home sales for March is due out. And in equities news, News Corp releases third quarter earnings, the Commonwealth Bank ...