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Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... percentage points to nominal GDP and "compensation of employees" (wages) added 0.5 percentage points. In simple terms company profits are rising - good for business investment in buildings, equipment and people - and wages are rising - good for spending ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Because the yen's depreciation has cheapened Japanese equities valuation while at the same time boosting Japanese company profits (through increased competitiveness and currency translation), lifting business and consumer optimism and underpinning growth ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... economy and creates a vicious cycle. You know the drill.A Higher interest rates weakens consumer spending, lowers company profits, reduces business investment, raises unemployment, weakens consumer spending, slows growth, capital flows out, weakens currency ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight amid warnings of weaker company profits. At 0756 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,041. In economic news ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... Fed is seeking to foster. The cycle of rising stock prices, wealth effect, increased consumer spending, higher company profits, a lift in investment in buildings, equipment and people, stronger growth in the economy. Couldn't fit it in the virtuous cycle ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... This, in turn, creates a wealth effect, boosting consumer confidence encouraging consumers to spend more lifting company profits that lift business confidence encouraging firms to increase investment in plants and equipment and staff. This leads to higher ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... today, that will take the official cash rate down from 3.25% to 3.0%. The list printed in "The Age" this morning - company profits down 2.9% and wages and salaries down 0.2% in the third quarter; flat retail sales in October; ANZ job ads down by 2.9% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics was due to publish retail sales data for October and figures on company profits for the September quarter at 1130 AEDT. Wall Street closed flat - while the Dow ended up 0.03 per cent and the S&P500 finished ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... year. This is an extra 3.1 million workers spending extra dollars on the economy, creating extra sales, raising company profits, increasing demand for extra workers, and so on, and so forth. It's half-empty. The decline in the jobless rate is caused ...

Lonsec: Australian equity markets ready to rebound

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... business investment improve and a softer currency (usually) boosts exports. The Australian share market rallies as company profits improve and investors switch out of low yielding cash, term deposits and debt and into equities. Lonsec believes this easing ...

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Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO  |   11:16AM
Rest is welcoming back it's former chief financial officer as its inaugural chief commercial officer.

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:36PM
Macquarie Group has provided its first quarter update at its AGM, with outgoing chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake describing trading conditions as "satisfactory".

GDG delivers 36% jump in FUM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:36PM
Generation Development Group has reported strong growth to the year ending June 30.

Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:30PM
The brother of Australian breakdancing Olympian 'Raygun' has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam.

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