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Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... America. Perhaps, most countries need to "double seasonally adjust", ey? With China also slowing, it'll be baby, what a big surprise if Australia's GDP growth does not show the same slowing trend when the Statistician releases the National Accounts numbers ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... news released on Friday. The revised GDP figure for the first quarter, showing a 0.7 per cent contraction, was not a surprise. But perceptions of a rebound in growth since then were tempered by a fall in the May Chicago regional business activity index ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... lift-off-induced dip. The better outcome for us all would be yet another extension of debt relief/bailout for Greece... more so, if surprise of surprises, debt forgiveness. But Grexit would not be bad too. It allows Greece to reset and the rest of its ...

Market lower in broad sell-off

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower, led downwards by market heavyweight BHP Billiton. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said the Australian market was experiencing a broad-based sell-off. "We've had two positive days off very light volumes," ...

Senior execs complain of stagnant careers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
A staggering 86% of senior accounting and finance executives believe their career prospects have stagnated, according to a research paper by national recruitment company axr. The findings are contained in CFgrOw authored by axr director Brad Eisenhuth. ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... lies and now we have this from the San Fran Fed. Here's the link if you want to see the US economy in psychedelic haze. Surprise of surprises. San Fran after all was the seat of "Flower Power" - "The term later became generalized as a modern reference ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... again later this week. Although expectations are mounting that it would have to expand its QE one day, someday, soon, the surprise would be if the BOJ alters current monetary policy settings, i.e., zero to 0.1% interest rates and JGB purchases at an ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... fine time for it coincides with the month the Fed nailed QE3's coffin). Yup, QE3's finished, over and done with... but surprise surprise, the Fed's balance sheet is still expanding - it's expanded by 3.8% relative to its level this time last year and ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... accounts after changes to the Age Pension were announced in the federal budget. Most changes to the Age Pension came as no surprise, already announced by Social Services Minister Scott Morrison prior to the budget release. Although in his budget speech ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... market have rallied and the pound surged as Prime Minister David Cameron's "business-friendly" Conservatives scored a surprise victory in Britain's general election. Most other European indices also shot up on Friday as US job creation figures, while ...