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Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... 1.8% drop in industrial production in December and the negative lead from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index that fell further away from the 50 expansion/contraction line - down to 48.2 in December from 48.6 in the previous ...

Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... boom to growth led by other sectors like tourism and housing. The currency and RBA will also feature, as will the manufacturing and services sectors. We'll also hear forecasts for stock markets and thoughts about asset allocation." Registrations for ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... measure in December marked the 46th straight month of falling prices, underscoring the overcapacity in the country's manufacturing and industrial sectors (as well as falling commodity prices). These augur bad tidings for the rest of the world as it would ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... to the fourth quarter economy as firms run down their stocks. More worrying is its implication for industrial and manufacturing production - slow, at best, until inventories hit painters - a fact we just saw from the weakening Markit US PMI manufacturing ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... listed companies in the following sectors - banks, mining, property, transport and infrastructure, entertainment, manufacturing, telecommunications, airlines, airports, diversified industrials, retailing, energy, and consumer goods. "Corporate bonds ...

Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... entitlements, and the hardest-hit industry was construction, followed by property services, mining, hospitality and manufacturing. Cbus identified total non-payment of SG contributions, "cash economies", "sham contracting" and employer insolvency as ...

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
More Australian banks will follow NAB's exit from manufacturing life insurance, according to Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice. Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance ...

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... nature of wealth operations presents a challenge among some headwinds. "Expensive life insurance underwriting and manufacturing operations are likely to come under review, as banks look for ways to free up capital and improve returns," Dring said. "Divestments ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... tax rise from 5% to 8% in April of the same year) -- from 1.8% in July. and on... Although the Markit/Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI indicated that the manufacturing sector remained in growth territory, the rate of expansion slowed to 51.0 in September ...