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No wolf here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... bank predicted. They should be wolf-whistling instead of crying wolf. Preliminary estimates by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK economy remains resilient to the lingering uncertainty that is Brexit. UK GDP expanded by 0.6% in the ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Australians, all, should we rejoice? A day before we celebrated Australia Day, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest update on the country's inflation. Overall consumer prices rose by 0.5% in the December quarter, easing from ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... "volatility and capital losses play a far greater role in... retirement outcomes." It cited a 2014-15 Australian Bureau of Statistics survey which found that 8% of 45 to 49-year-olds and 18% of 55 to 59-year-olds had already retired, in many cases because ...

Jobs and jobless rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December, the highest rate since June this year and was more than expectations for ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... October. But I wonder whether Australians' increasing take-up of online shopping is skewing the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) traditional retail sales estimate. Retail spending is an important metric for the economy because it's the building ...

Australia housing boom busting?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... the sharp 7.0% jump in the headline total number of dwellings approved in the month of November. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data reveal that this was largely due to an 18.5% surge in private sector dwellings excluding houses - units - which ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... $36.2 billion over the September quarter, while retail managed funds market grew $24.9 billion. According to the latest statistics from Strategic Insights, more than 90% of the growth in wholesale funds occurred over the last six months, with overall ...

Strong SMSFs bridging gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... of SMSFs also grew over the five years, now reaching $1.1 million. In regards to investment performance, the ATO's statistics estimate the return on assets for SMSFs in the year ending 30 June 2015 was 6.2%, in line with APRA-regulated funds. Slattery ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Australia employment There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in November, the highest rate since August this year and was more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... October while employment was flat at a low +1 reading. Australia residential property prices The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the weighted average of residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities increased by 1.5% ...