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This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Better-than-expected US retail sales and weekly jobless claims; improved German trade with both exports and imports growing at their fastest pace in nearly two years in January; better-than-expected growth in Spanish retail sales; Indian inflation easing ...

Never good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... 1.1%; the UK by 2.9%; and Japan by 1.1%. Australia's annualised growth rate? It's 3.2% -- right smack on trend and the fastest in seven quarters. And what's this business about December quarter growth being all about exports?A For sure, net exports (exports ...

A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... ago basis, it appears that home prices have also weakened from 13.8% in November but at 13.5%, it's still growing at its fastest pace since early 2006 - yup, the boom times before the GFC. And talkin' bout US home prices, the better-than-expected and ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... 2009 with Australia a particularly strong contributor, up 89% in US dollar terms since 2009, placing it among the world's fastest growers. By far the fastest growth initially came from Emerging Markets. Collectively, dividends from these countries have ...

Traffic light trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... Markit's flash manufacturing PMI measure jumped from 53.7 in January to 56.7 this month.A According to Markit, this is "the fastest overall improvement in U.S. manufacturing business conditions since May 2010." To be sure, other indicators - weekly jobless ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a survey showed that US manufacturing had expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. At 0845 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 38 points at 5,419. ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australia's pool of superannuation assets has grown faster than any other pension fund pool in the world over the last 10 years, according to Towers Watson's Global Pensions Asset Study 2014. The study showed found that the pool of assets has grown ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... decision on the future of monetary stimulus. In London, where official data showed that the British economy expanded at the fastest rate last year since before the financial crisis, the FTSE 100 index gained 0.33 per cent or 21.67 points to 6,572.33 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... Managers Index (PMI) for January rose to 53.2 points from 52.1 in December - the seventh monthly increase running and the fastest rate of growth since June 2011. The euro jumped to $US1.3678 from $US1.3544 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Markets ...

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
The increase in the share of income going to the wealthiest 1% since 1980 rose faster in Australia than any country bar the US, a new Oxfam report reveals. The report, titled 'Working for the Few', shows the rising levels of inequality between the richest ...