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Job openings in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover summary) a handy check on the state of the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics'(BLS) latest update showed little change in August from July: job openings remained at a robust 6.1 million (the highest ...

NZ Super Fund invests in Aussie farm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... attractive long-term investment and a good diversifier for our portfolio," he said. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors; during 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... everybody and his uncle expected hurricanes Harvey and Irma to distort the employment numbers. Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says so: "Our analysis suggests that the net effect of these hurricanes was to reduce the estimate of total nonfarm ...

Time to start factoring in an RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... continues, we could forget Westpac's outlook for steady rates through to the year 2019 too. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade report showed retail spending dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in the month of August. Worse, July's ...

J.P. Morgan remains largest custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... five custodians are NAB Asset Servicing ($534bn), BNP Paribas ($510bn), State Street ($434bn) and Citigroup ($419bn). Statistics from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) also show consistent growth in the amount of overseas client investment ...

China industrial profits surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... Politburo's achievement of its overriding goals should the acceleration in profits continue. China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that industrial profits jumped by 24% in the year to August, significantly faster than the previous month's ...

Hiking life premiums is short-term thinking: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... make losses on disability products, particularly individual disability cover, as claim costs rise rapidly. Citing APRA statistics, the past three years saw the sector lose more than $1 billion on individual disability policies, including $427 million ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... that, in turn, weakens consumer spending and by extension, overall growth in the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'Household Income Account' report showed that the annual growth rate in gross disposable income slowed from 2.1% in the ...

BGL integrates with Xero for single database

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... access to information when shaping their investment, policy and decisions." Comparatively, the Australian Bureau of Statistics examines the entire businesses community in a yearly count of entries and exits, but doesn't provide regular or specific analysis ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... month - could dent consumer sentiment and by extension, consumer spending. But this could be due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) problem with seasonal adjustments. Bank of America Merrill Lynch noted the August employment has increased by an ...