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Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... Macquarie, described Australia as a "growth haven", pointing out that economic growth has outstripped other advanced economies by 0.7% over the past 25 years. I can't argue with their rationale, even more so when I did the maths. Unless my maths is wrong ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... at a still slim 12% from a small 4% before the CPI report - and this is not until 12 months from now. That may be but economies don't operate in a vacuum, odds will change depending on changes in growth and inflation fundamentals. Fresh data from the ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... opportunities are in abundance, particularly around distribution systems for chilled and fresh foods. "The importance of Asia's economies has never been greater. Australia's existing relationships with Asia are largely built around commodity exports. ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... the prices of their products and services. Has the growth-inflation dynamics changed? Has potential growth lifted that economies need even stronger expansion in the economy to lift prices? Or could this be because of the current reversal of government ...

Industry funds in merger talks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... interests of members. Kinetic Super board chairman Frank Gullone said combining the funds would not only achieve further economies of scale in the form of lower fees, but would also accelerate the delivery of enhanced services and products to all members. ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... statement that, "Exports are expected to follow a moderate increasing trend on the back of an improvement in overseas economies" is perhaps, more on the pessimistic side. The Ministry of Finance released data showing the country recording a ¥813.4 billion ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has a positive view of the international economy - "Macroeconomic indicators in advanced economies have been positive over the past two months" -inflation - "Global headline inflation has increased... Core inflation has been ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... perhaps most importantly - fundamentals need to be correct; don't overpay for assets, which is a big problem in emerging economies." Mercer believes that thinking about alignments of interest and sustainability factors results in superior returns and ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... from 1.9% in the third quarter and bringing the domestic economy back at the top of charts relative to major developed economies. Using the same year-over-year measure, the US grew by 1.9% in the December quarter, the Eurozone by 1.7%, the UK by 2.0% ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Perhaps we'll have clearer skies by Wednesday. One that will affect economies and financial markets everywhere. Wednesday (or Tuesday night US time), is the day when US President Donald Trump speaks before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully ...